From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <4B90F57D.7050905@magma.com.ni> Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2010 13:13:49 +0100 From: Georg Lehner User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (X11/20090706) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> References: <4F533D9C-AD08-4FBD-8ADE-4A7B86530380@mit.edu> <4afaa1a3d0c9691716e1ad437a1c872a@ladd.quanstro.net> <13426df11003041313v7a5c423fge791017e7f2f2b49@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <13426df11003041313v7a5c423fge791017e7f2f2b49@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [9fans] gsoc2010 + plan9 Topicbox-Message-UUID: e09eddba-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 ron minnich wrote: > ... > I think the opportunities for doing good Plan 9 work on ARM are going > to grow quite a bit. It may well prove a better platform for the > future than PCs, which are increasingly closed and esoteric. > The company i am working for is using ARM processor platforms for industrial mobile panels since StrongARM. The next generation coming out this year is using an OMAP3503. The boards are shipped with VxWork and Windows CE. From the first day on i wished to have a Plan9 (or Inferno) port for them, just for comparison or as a handy terminal. A Beagle Board port would get me started at least with the newer devices ... Regards, Jorge-Le�n