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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 16:19:09 -0400
From: "Devon H. O'Dell" <devon.odell@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] plan9 on newer HP IPAQs
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2007/4/10, Christian Kellermann <Christian.Kellermann@nefkom.net>:
> Hi all,
>
> I have a couple of newer HPs available to play with, so I would give
> the bitsy port a try. Are there some chances to get the plan9 port
> running on these newer IPAQs?
>
> The models in question include H4100, H5100, and H5400.
>
> Are there any caveats I should be aware of? Since the last two
> models run XScale processors I am not sure if they can be used.

The ARM compilers work for XScale but we do not have anything specific
for handling the different peripherals in these other models as far as
I can tell. Are there versions of Linux available for these models?

> I have some time the next days (weeks?) to play with these devices,
> I would be grateful for any hints.

Inferno, Linux source code for these, and ask me (or Forsyth) if you
have any questions on ARM in general.

> Thanks,

--dho

> Christian
>
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>
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