Plan9 kernel is monolithic with the drivers required for a specific platform compiled in.

So you might need to write specific drivers for new hardware if they are not already available.

The paper: http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/compiling_kernels/ explains the steps required to generate a new kernel. BTW, even for the same hardware, the kernels are different for terminals, cpu servers, etc.

On 19 December 2014 at 07:06, <cigar562hfsp952fans@icebubble.org> wrote:

cigar562hfsp952fans@icebubble.org writes:

> Yes, I figured it might require some new device drivers, but why would
> it require a new kernel? I thought there was already a Plan 9 kernel
> for Arm Cortex-series processors. That's one of the reasons why I
> developed such a crush on OMAP. ;)

BTW, that was not intended as a rhetorical question; I really am curious
why the device would require a whole new kernel...