Re: [9fans] hardware device (...)

[Jeff Sickel <jas@corpus-callosum.com>]

On Mar 13, 2012, at 4:54 PM, Tristan wrote:

>> So, my question: Doesn't it makes sense that some hardware like CAMs or
>> USB-Scanners are working with Plan 9. I mean: There is a good system but as I
>> understand there is absolutely no device what I can buy and connect to it.
> 
>> Is this a stupid question? Sure I could now spend endless times in trying to
>> reach such aim myself, but I believe there are so much tec freaks out there,
>> that can do such things much better and faster and I could concentrate more
>> at starting user programs?
> 
> folks don't write code until they want it. until now, nobody has cared
> enough about cameras or scanners or printers (though i thought ethernet
> connected printers work more or less (but i've never printed anything))
> to do anything. now you care, maybe you'll write them. the beauty of plan
> 9 is that it's easy to write drivers if you have decent documentation.
> which you will for at least some of the devices you listed.

I care about cameras.  In fact, I care about >96 cameras capturing
frames at the same time and staying in sync.  Can I leverage Plan 9
ideas to do this?  Maybe, but only time will tell.

> or maybe some common user-oriented device support like this would make a
> good Google Summer of Code project?

Whether or not something like this is a good summer project or not
would be up to the consortium.

-jas