From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <765DCBCF-2935-43D1-AEB1-3317406039D9@yahoo.ca> References: <83AAA8A9-FF1A-4117-94B9-887AAD466DDC@yahoo.ca> <765DCBCF-2935-43D1-AEB1-3317406039D9@yahoo.ca> From: michaelian ennis Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:49:38 -0700 Message-ID: To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a114c879a0e4a2f053d207a7a Subject: Re: [9fans] Questions on the browser as a platform if plan 9 had gained marketshare Topicbox-Message-UUID: a079f6e4-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --001a114c879a0e4a2f053d207a7a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Not exactly what you meant but Coraid did implement a something like this that had 9p on it. Sort of. It was an ARM based PCIe card spoke 9p over something like IL without the IP (bwc called it EL) using network ports on the card. Sometimes they appear on ebay as "coraid mass storage NIC" or some such. Not the repurposed SuperMicro Cards but something that looks mor complicated with a SO-DIMM socket on it. The ARM CPU was also used for other services running on/for the platform that were performed by the card. The card could be powered by POE so the chassis could be powered down and the card could still be accessed. The firmware on the card was, IIRC, not quite plan9 but constructed mostly from plan9. Ian --001a114c879a0e4a2f053d207a7a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Not exactly what you meant but Coraid did implement a some= thing like this that had 9p on it.=C2=A0 Sort of.=C2=A0 It was an ARM based= PCIe card spoke 9p over something like IL without the IP (bwc called it EL= ) using network ports on the card. =C2=A0

Sometimes they= appear on ebay as "coraid mass storage NIC" or some such.=C2=A0 = Not the repurposed SuperMicro Cards but something that looks mor complicate= d with a SO-DIMM socket on it.=C2=A0

The ARM CPU w= as also used for other services running on/for the platform that were perfo= rmed by the card.=C2=A0 The card could be powered by POE so the chassis cou= ld be powered down and the card could still be accessed. The firmware on th= e card was, IIRC, not quite plan9 but constructed mostly from plan9.
Ian
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