From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <5d375e920812172036u14d3352ag3a7d6cfa041c56a9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:36:25 +0100 From: Uriel To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <13426df10812171719g55ed4273td289f741aba54c78@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: [9fans] How can I boot plan9 on my Compaq AlphaServer DS10L? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 65dab690-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 5:12 AM, wrote: >> I can help the DS10L. >> >> 1. open window >> 2. look out, make sure no one is in the areas >> 3. slide DS10L out window > > Sure, but how do you "keep Plan 9 honest" if no one checks > portability? Don't worry. The holy keepers of the amd64 kernel do that for us. There is nothing to fear, go back to sleep. > In fact, it's already very hard to find porting opportunities for Plan > 9, regretfully. An example I raised at IWP9 in Volos was the Linux > emulation and the possibility that it could be ported to the PowerPC. > Forsyth pointed out that there are no mere mortal accessible platforms > for experimentation in this direction. > > Now, what's preferable: no experimentation or being able to test on an > old RS6000 or power-MAC? There is supposedly a partial port to the iMac (or some other ancient jobsian hardware) by some university somewhere, last I heard the code was only available under some bizarre access restrictions that I never quite understood nor do I remember, npe was even able to procure himself access to the server in question after jumping through some hoops, supposedly to finish the port, no idea what came of that... this was years ago. > ++L > > PS: This is a bit of a call for interest in architectures other than > the 386, no matter how much Ron tries to discourage it. Hey, why > should I not be able to test the BG code at home?! :-) Because we unworthy dirty masses should not bother with what we are not supposed to be interested in. uriel