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Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 00:25:56 -0600
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From: Steven Stallion <sstallion@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] GSoC '14
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On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Shane Morris <edgecomberts@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.gizmosphere.org/why-gizmo/gizmoboard/
>
> I'd like to see Plan 9 fully support this board. The chipset is a closed
> ecosystem with embedded microcontroller capabilities, such as GPIO. Anything
> you add on the PCI-e would need further drivers, obviously.

That might be a tough sell. Students are almost universally poor - the
Gizmo's are pretty pricey, especially when you compare it to the
number of cheap ARM boards that are out there. Even adding support for
another x86 board can be a pain in the ass - it's probably too lofty a
goal for a GSoC project.

Steve