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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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
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2021-09-20 5:08 ` Conor Williams
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2021-09-20 5:43 ` [9fans] " Dave Eckhardt
2021-09-20 7:51 ` Ethan Gardener
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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
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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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