From: David Leimbach <leimy2k@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 21:17:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <AANLkTin2Y4aQ9eQOqJM5QmPhBne9SQCaUJYzHS9O=Bjk@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimyxsL8Kz65tLVnY0JCOoECUidK-ZH8b1sst-=8@mail.gmail.com>
Plan 9'on ARM makes a lot of sense to me. I still think x86 is
worthwhile though.
On Wednesday, October 13, 2010, John Floren <slawmaster@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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:[~2010-10-14 4:17 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
2010-10-14 4:17 ` David Leimbach [this message]
2010-10-15 5:29 ` Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
2010-10-15 17:01 ` Eric Van Hensbergen
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