From: Pierre-Jean <plan9@utroff.org>
To: 9fans@9fans.net
Subject: Re: [9fans] Installation on supermicro X9SCAA
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 22:25:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <53de9ad5.7Kg6W+haGkB7xMv1%plan9@utroff.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <70bc42e76d21605f24f06ee40d5dc32d@ladd.quanstro.net>
erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> > # 9legacy iso cd
> > ================
> > 497M memory: 497 kernel data, 0M user, 18M swap
>
> looks like only 512mb of memory are found. how much memory
> is in the machine?
There are 4G...
> > # 9atom AMD64 usb iso [sic]
> > =====================
> > the installer failed after asking me if I wanted to build
> > all the binaries, with a typo 'yns' instead of 'yes'.
>
> sorry about this. if i get time, i'll look for the bug. if you
> find it first, please submit a patch.
I'll try to catch the bug and make a more precise report.
But I'm not sure to be skilled enougth to make a nice patch.
> > # 9atom AMD64 questions
> > =======================
> > 1) I can't figure how to configure plan9.ini
> please see pcipl(8) for details.
Thanks.
> > May I have some hope to get a working 9atom Plan9 kernel
> > for this board or should I stay with nix ?
> no plan 9 kernel at this time, i am trying to merge the
> kernels. work is ongoing and slow.
I'm happy to read that.
> > 3) I could not compile the nix/k10 cpuf, with the following
> > errors:
>
> sorry. fixed. nodraw was needed in the cpuf configuration.
One more thanks !
> > 4) Is there any documentation of the build process
> > somewhere ? I'd like to know how to build binaries for a
> > custom architecture, and such other things.
>
> could you be more specific about what you mean by "custom arch"?
> i am not aware of general documentation of the build process.
> the nix build is quite a bit different than the 9 build.
I was looking for the $objtype variable, to build utilities.
And I found the documentation I neeeded: mkfiles.ps.
Lots of thanks !
Pierre-Jean.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-03 20:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-02 21:28 Pierre-Jean
2014-08-03 6:28 ` cam
2014-08-03 20:03 ` Pierre-Jean
2014-08-03 18:24 ` erik quanstrom
2014-08-03 20:25 ` Pierre-Jean [this message]
2014-08-04 5:33 ` David du Colombier
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