On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:21 PM, <lucio@proxima.alt.za> wrote:

>
> In the meantime, I'd like some 9fans who may own a Sheevaplug,
> possibly also other ARM equipment supported by Plan 9 - 9fans with
> some interest in Go - to try to install Go on their devices.  The
> instructions are detailed in "codereview" CL 7987044, see the Go
> documentation on how to contribute for guidelines.  Briefly, the idea
> is to clone the "tip" (default) Go development tree and build it
> _after_ applying CL 7987044 as a patch.  To the best of my knowledge,
> "make.rc" will build the Go distribution and "run.rc --no-rebuild"
> will run the tests.
>
> Ideally, I'm looking for a breakthrough with a pristine Plan 9
> distribution.  This would require building the ARM (5?) development
> toolchain, then the entirety of the runtime for the ARM as well as the
> appropriate kernel(s).  I guess the interested parties already know
> this, as well as how to boot the ARM equipment with the most recent
> available ARM kernel.
>
>
I've been planning to try Plan9/ARM Go, so I'll give it a go. I can it on
Sheeva and GuruPlugs and possibly TrimSlice -- I need to figure out the how
to net boot it.

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