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From: Chris McGee <sirnewton_01@yahoo.ca>
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Wow,

That sounds cool.

Thanks,
Chris

> On Sep 22, 2016, at 6:49 PM, michaelian ennis <michaelian.ennis@gmail.com>=
 wrote:
>=20
> Not exactly what you meant but Coraid did implement a something like this t=
hat had 9p on it.  Sort of.  It was an ARM based PCIe card spoke 9p over som=
ething like IL without the IP (bwc called it EL) using network ports on the c=
ard. =20
>=20
> Sometimes they appear on ebay as "coraid mass storage NIC" or some such.  N=
ot the repurposed SuperMicro Cards but something that looks mor complicated w=
ith a SO-DIMM socket on it.=20
>=20
> The ARM CPU was also used for other services running on/for the platform t=
hat were performed by the card.  The card could be powered by POE so the cha=
ssis could be powered down and the card could still be accessed. The firmwar=
e on the card was, IIRC, not quite plan9 but constructed mostly from plan9.
>=20
> Ian