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From: cigar562hfsp952fans@icebubble.org
To: 9fans <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: [9fans] GSoC 2021 project ideas (WAS: Re: Plan 9 Applying to GSoC 2021)
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2021 07:16:58 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <867dns9s0l.fsf@cmarib.ramside> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BB28C85A-59FF-4AB5-971C-2B7C3CE6702E@9srv.net> (Anthony Sorace's message of "Fri, 29 Jan 2021 11:23:13 -0800")

Anthony Sorace <a@9srv.net> writes:

> Hello! After a few years away, we’ll be applying to Google’s Summer of Code program again this year.

...

> 1. Project ideas. One of the key parts of the application is the
> project ideas page. If you’ve got ideas that seem like they’d be a

Plan 9-related:

(1) Porting the Plan 9 kernel to a microkernel architecture, such as
    Mach.  This would give Plan 9 instant access to the whole range of
    hardware supported by the underlying microkernel.

(2) A Zoom/video conferencing application for Plan 9.  Enough said.  :)

(3) Happauge/Brooktree BTTV/video capture drivers.  AFAIK, Plan 9 can
    only use USB Web cams.

(4) Port SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) tools as a Plan 9 file system.
    That would give Plan 9 instant access to a huge range of flatbed &
    sheet-fed document scanners.

(5) An NFS sever for Plan 9.  Unix machines have a lot of trouble
    handling edge cases encountered on 9P filesystems (such as the
    number of hard links to directories).  An NFS server would make it
    much easier for Unix/Linux and Plan 9 to get along happily.

(6) Incorporating Inferno's Dis virtual machine into the Plan 9 kernel,
    so Plan 9 can run Dis binaries natively, without having to run the
    Inferno emulator (emu) as a user process.

Inferno-related:

(A) A 64-bit version of Dis, which was designed as a 32-bit (31-bit?)
    architecture.

(B) Porting Inferno to modern video game consoles, such as the Nintendo
    Switch family.  Coolness.

(C) Creating a secure version of Dis.  The way that Dis handles
    allocated/freed memory isn't particularly safe, and can leak
    sensitive data (such as encryption keys).  It doesn't have a way to
    whiten memory, or to mark ranges of memory as non-swappable.  This
    could be done by adding new VM instructions, or on a per-module
    basis by adding new module flags.

(D) Porting Nemo/LSUB's "OSHAD" to Plan 9.  OSHAD is an authentication
    system (implemented in Inferno) which allows you to provide
    passwords or acknowledge actions from a separate, wireless hand-held
    device.

(E) A postscript/PDF viewer for Inferno.  Enough said.  :)

Android-related:

(a) An Android "app" that presents an Android phone's telephone and SMS
    messaging facilities as a 9P filesystem.  This would enable Plan 9
    and Inferno applications to place/receive voice calls and
    send/receive text messages across a network.  This could be done by
    extending bhgv's existing Android port of Inferno, or as a
    separtate, stand-alone server app.

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Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-01-29 19:23 [9fans] Plan 9 Applying to GSoC 2021 Anthony Sorace
2021-02-01  0:31 ` ~vidak
2021-02-01  9:35   ` sirjofri
2021-02-01 11:07     ` svaderaa
2021-02-01 11:26   ` Bakul Shah
2021-02-02  1:15     ` raingloom
2021-02-01  7:16 ` cigar562hfsp952fans [this message]
2021-02-01 20:46   ` [9fans] GSoC 2021 project ideas (WAS: Re: Plan 9 Applying to GSoC 2021) Steve Simon
2021-02-03 14:14     ` Ethan Gardener
2021-02-01 21:47   ` [9fans] GSoC 2021 project ideas sirjofri
2021-02-03 14:07     ` Ethan Gardener
2021-08-06 16:25     ` Jack Johnson
2021-08-19 21:06       ` unobe
2021-09-20  4:52       ` [9fans] " cigar562hfsp952fans
2021-09-20  5:08         ` Conor Williams
2021-09-20  5:11         ` vidak
2021-09-20 15:02           ` ori
2021-09-20  5:43       ` [9fans] " Dave Eckhardt
2021-09-20  7:51         ` Ethan Gardener
2021-09-20  8:23           ` hiro
2021-09-20  8:37             ` Conor Williams
2021-09-20  8:39               ` Conor Williams
2021-09-20  8:45                 ` Conor Williams
2021-09-20  8:52                   ` Conor Williams
2021-09-20  8:58                     ` Conor Williams
2021-09-20 11:06                       ` Conor Williams
2021-09-21  9:01             ` Ethan Gardener
2021-09-20 11:05           ` sirjofri
2021-09-20 11:08             ` Conor Williams
2021-09-20 14:01               ` sirjofri
2021-09-21  9:25             ` Ethan Gardener
2021-02-02  8:29   ` [9fans] GSoC 2021 project ideas (WAS: Re: Plan 9 Applying to GSoC 2021) tlaronde
2021-02-03 15:07     ` Ethan Gardener
2021-01-19 11:08       ` pouya+lists.9fans
2021-02-03 18:58         ` Ethan Gardener
2021-02-06  2:17     ` David Arroyo
2021-02-03 18:26   ` ori
2021-02-03 23:31   ` Skip Tavakkolian
2021-02-05 16:42   ` Ethan Gardener
2021-02-07 22:59     ` [9fans] Re: GSoC 2021 project ideas cigar562hfsp952fans
2021-02-09  0:26       ` Steve Simon
2021-02-09  1:59         ` [9fans] " Jeff Sickel
2021-02-09  0:34       ` [9fans] " Ethan Gardener
2021-02-02  5:30 ` [9fans] Plan 9 Applying to GSoC 2021 ori
2021-02-02 10:40 ` [9fans] Project idea (was: Plan 9 Applying to GSoC 2021) sirjofri
2021-02-02 16:07 ` [9fans] Re: Plan 9 Applying to GSoC 2021 Jeff Sickel

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