Re: [9fans] UBUNTU and v9fs

[Latchesar Ionkov <lionkov@lanl.gov>]

There are many 9P servers coming with p9p. You can also write your  
own servers either using p9p or lib{s,n}pfs.

	Lucho

On Dec 12, 2006, at 11:58 AM, csant wrote:

>>> Wow, does Ubuntu come with a 9p kernel module by default? That's  
>>> sweet...
>>
>> all part of the virtue of being in the mainline kernel.  We probably
>> should be more diligent about backporting fixes to popular kernel
>> releases (such as dapper), but I doubt we have enough users yet to
>> justify distribution maintainers to pull them.  Similar goes for
>> getting 9p servers in by default.
>
> The latter point is worth being addressed: currently it is all but  
> straightforward to set up a proper 9p filesystem (with  
> authentication), mainly due to the lack of a server. As long as  
> there is no server readily available 9p will have trouble gaining  
> any ground on Linux beyond Plan 9 users running also Linux. I  
> therefore very much look forward to your planned efforts for next  
> year to work on a server.
>
> /c