Re: [9fans] Tvx update

[ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com>]

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Nick LaForge <nicklaforge@gmail.com> wrote:
> I tried it and it is very fast to boot and run.  However, the wrapper
> did not copy Tvx-root to my home dir.  Option 2 links to the package
> install in /usr/local, but option 1 also links, but to the package
> loopback mount in /tmp.

Is this because option 2 is the persistent install and option 1 is
not? Note the loopback mounts are readonly squashfs mounts.

> The only files in my home are in the top
> directory (the license, etc.).  Writing to the symlinks fails.  And so
> does reading utf8 filenames.

Be careful .. did you set up a persistent /home? I'm not sure what you
have done. There's no substitute at some point for seeing how things
work at tinycore.org.


cd /sys/doc
ls | grep 8
8
cd 8
Can't cd 8: '8' file does not exist
cd 8½
Can't cd 8½: '8½' file does not exist
cd 8?
ls 8?.ms
8�.ms
touch 9½
ls 9½
9½

That's an interesting problem. I wonder if it is some artifact of the
use of squashfs. The sam and venti directories are fine.

This may be a flaw in tinycore ... we'll talk to them.

Thanks for the testing. I have found one thing out ... I don't think
9vx is SMP-safe. I've had some real problems building in /sys/src,
where 9vx gets a segv on "cpu 5" or whatever. If I boot with only one
cpu, there are no problems. Worth keeping in mind ... I may modify my
version of 9vx to wire itself to cpu 0, as well as its children, and
see if the failures I'm seeing go away. That's a pointer at least to
where the issues may be.

Also ...

>sed '43 s/H/L/' Tvx

Sorry, you lost me.

>Why are there TWO ways for cp to follow symlinks?  Why are there
>symlinks it all?  (That should do it.)

They're not going away I bet, but what are you talking about here?


ron