If all you want to do is try plan9 out, you can install it in a VM such as
qemu, virtualbox or vmware. If you like it enough that you want to
contribute to it, it's probably better to start with developing user-level
apps rather than dive straight into the kernel.

2010/12/14 Bodó Abel <ab543210@gmail.com>

> Greetings,
>
> Again. If i understood the answer correctly (in which I'm not sure
> because I couldn't figure out if it was about the official release
> from 2002 or atom) many of the hardware I wish to use have no
> compatibility with plan9. Then what should I do? I mean, if i have to
> create my own drivers, where do I start? If this mailing list is not
> the place to be for my questions (being too basic and annoying), just
> say so, but I have really no other idea where to get help from (with
> this problem of mine), so if that's the case, could you please give me
> some advice about that (meaning where to get help)?
> And about the foxconn L S-36, its some custom dell motherboard ripped
> out of a factory setup hardware, and I guess I'll check the chipsets
> in it, and ask about that when I'll have the chance to check it.
>
> Still, thanks for your help
> Abel A. Bodoo
>
>
> > - intel SE7505vb2 motherboard (integrated ethernet ports, SATA etc.)
>
> > ethernet should work.  i'm not sure about the sata.  early
> intel sata was a problem.
>
> > - ibm x335 (default hdd backplane /hot swap/, ethernet ports, nvidia
> > quadro nvs280 (not integrated) )
>
> > lsi 1068e sas not supported.
> > tg3 ethernet not supported.
>
> > - foxconn L S-36 (SATA, ethernet ports, etc.)
>
> > i don't know what this is.
>
> > - erik
>
>