From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Chris McGee <sirnewton_01@yahoo.ca>
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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 16:55:38 -0400
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Questions on the browser as a platform if plan 9 had
	gained marketshare
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If plan 9 had taken off I wonder if there would be peripherals with built-in=
 9P support.

For example, a network adapter that you can mount into /net/etherxyz over US=
B, PCI using a 9P connection. No driver needed, except to communicate with t=
he bus.

Also, external storage (hdd, ssd) with a built in filesystem exposed as 9P. U=
TF-8 file names, of course.

Maybe 9P could be implemented in a SoC.

Chris=