Re: [9fans] more little hardware

[Georg Lehner <jorge-plan9@magma.com.ni>]

Jack Johnson wrote:
> Thanks to Google's targeted ads:
>
> http://www.eglobalwireless.com/p-4333-new-7-mini-netbook-laptop-notebook-wifi-windows-2gb-hd.aspx
>
> Also might make a good Inferno device if WinCE isn't too firmly ensconced.
>
> -Jack
>
>
Anybody interested in porting Inferno emu to WinCE?

It should not be hard to do, and the tools are available for free. I
could contribute
some knowledge and ressources, though not much time.

WinCE allows to replace the Windows Shell with something else via a simple
registry setting ( targetting e.g. Mobile Phones with WinCE already
installed).
A lot of commercially evaluation boards provide WinCE board support packages
which would allow one to create a new OS-Image with everything but the WinCE
kernel stripped out and include inferno emu as "GUI-shell".

Porting Plan9 from user space seems somewhat more involved to me (threads
and graphics) while an Inferno emu for (Desktop) Windows already exists
(and should require little porting effort to WinCE APIs).

Regards,

    Jorge-Le�n