From: John Floren <slawmaster@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] amd64 port
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 19:54:15 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTimyxsL8Kz65tLVnY0JCOoECUidK-ZH8b1sst-=8@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin+Edaq6Sx9MMvqtf6X7ATBYrKMERTYQ-NnUs-W@mail.gmail.com>
I've consumed the Kool-Aid and now believe that ARM is the proper
future for Plan 9. With Gumstix, you can get USB, DVI, audio, storage,
ethernet, wifi, 3G, all in one tiny little box, for under $200, and
with increasingly improving Plan 9 support (certainly better than
amd64, which I used--it was primitive because nobody really used it)
John
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:42 PM, Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com> wrote:
> ppc64 and amd64 support exists. the ppc64 port is partial and is
> available publically. It is my understanding that the amd64 is
> partial and available to those who ask. Things which are missing are
> devices and other bits to make it actually useful, but the core
> changes for 64-bit support are in place and there are 64 bit
> compilers.
>
> -eric
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
> <vdharani@gmail.com> wrote:
>> hi all,
>>
>> i am just posting a question that has been in my mind for a while.
>>
>> to me, it looks like 64-bit computing has caught up very well. even
>> smaller processors like atom supports 64-bit instruction set.
>>
>> on the contrary, while plan9 supported 32-bit processors ahead of
>> other OSes, it is yet to support 64-bit.
>>
>> i am happy to see the plan9 port to many platforms (sheevaplug,
>> beagleboard, etc) but i am also wondering if they are really as
>> practical and widely usable as, say amd64 platform. (for e.g. i bought
>> a sheevaplug long back, ran plan9 then kept aside waiting for more
>> support).
>>
>> so i am wondering if we should make plan9/inferno support 64-bit at a
>> higher priority. to me, it looks like 64-bit and VM support (vmware,
>> parallels, etc) will be key for plan9/inferno to go a long way. am i
>> right?
>>
>> please pass your opinion.
>>
>> thanks
>> dharani
>>
>>
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-10-13 23:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-13 23:28 Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
2010-10-13 23:42 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
2010-10-13 23:54 ` John Floren [this message]
2010-10-14 4:17 ` David Leimbach
2010-10-15 5:29 ` Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
2010-10-15 17:01 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
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