From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <58f3b8162f5de5b2eb16d2f34c7dc0e8@caldo.demon.co.uk> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Installing plan9 on an SGI Indy/Indigo From: Charles Forsyth In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-dlopagcqnoeozvjtytnyfoowds" Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 11:41:09 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: b961ab10-eacb-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-dlopagcqnoeozvjtytnyfoowds Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit if there is a Linux port to the same machines, and that source has been made available, it would make it easier to create a new Plan 9 implementation for the SGI that could be released with less fuss. a reasonable chunk of the MIPS support required in l.s and for trap handling is not actually SGI-specific, but the device and graphics subsystems are definitely peculiar to SGI. --upas-dlopagcqnoeozvjtytnyfoowds Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu> Received: from punt-2.mail.demon.net by mailstore for forsyth@caldo.demon.co.uk id 1054028075:20:02412:91; Tue, 27 May 2003 09:34:35 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu ([130.203.4.6]) by punt-2.mail.demon.net id aa2108931; 27 May 2003 9:34 GMT Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.76.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 97B5719B1C; Tue, 27 May 2003 05:33:17 -0400 (EDT) Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: from mercury.bath.ac.uk (mercury.bath.ac.uk [138.38.32.81]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id E9C5219B0D for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Tue, 27 May 2003 05:32:09 -0400 (EDT) Received: from news by mercury.bath.ac.uk with local (Exim 3.12 #1) id 19Kagb-0002rX-00 for 9fans@cse.psu.edu; Tue, 27 May 2003 10:24:01 +0100 Received: from GATEWAY by bath.ac.uk with netnews for 9fans@cse.psu.edu (9fans@cse.psu.edu) To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: "Steffen M. Boelaars" Message-ID: Organization: GraphicsCave Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit References: , <13575ce097d04cb423d88db2bb512598@plan9.bell-labs.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] Installing plan9 on an SGI Indy/Indigo Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Reply-To: newsgroups@graphicscave.com List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 09:21:50 GMT > The second edition of Plan 9 ran on the Indy if not also the Indigo, > but that port has not been kept up. Unfortunately it's my understanding > that we don't have the rights to release the old code for free. Well, no-one said I would want it just for free. Are there any options? Steffen --upas-dlopagcqnoeozvjtytnyfoowds--