[9fans] IWP9 hack session

[9fans] IWP9 hack session

[ron minnich]

I'd like to have a hack session the wed. morning before IWP9.

What I'd like to propose is a sheeva plugfest. People commit to bringing a plug
and we get them set up to run Plan 9.

Any interest?

ron

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[Francisco J Ballesteros]

I'm interested, but don't have one yet :(

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:50 PM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd like to have a hack session the wed. morning before IWP9.
>
> What I'd like to propose is a sheeva plugfest. People commit to bringing a plug
> and we get them set up to run Plan 9.
>
> Any interest?
>
> ron
>
>

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[ron minnich]

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Francisco J Ballesteros <nemo@lsub.org> wrote:
> I'm interested, but don't have one yet :(


I am  willing to order a small number if people commit to paying me
back. A SMALL NUMBER, I'm not midas.

ron

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[Francisco J Ballesteros]

I'll try to get an european version here.
But have to check out that I can get it on time.

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:04 PM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 12:53 PM, Francisco J Ballesteros <nemo@lsub.org> wrote:
>> I'm interested, but don't have one yet :(
>
>
> I am  willing to order a small number if people commit to paying me
> back. A SMALL NUMBER, I'm not midas.
>
> ron
>
>

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[ron minnich]

oh yeah, I assume the first step to hacking these is cracking them open?

Or is there a way via the usb port to get serial console (does not
seem so from block diagram)

ron

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[Charles Forsyth]

>Or is there a way via the usb port to get serial console (does not
>seem so from block diagram)

yes. the mini-usb connector is, in fact, a reverse rs232-usb device
that puts the internal rs232 console on that external connector on usb.
you can just plug it in to a usb connection on another machine,
configure it as an rs232 device (on usb) and you're talking to the uboot console.
(i think there's another usb device on the same connector that provides jtag.)

the other, standard big usb connector is the device's own USB.
thoughtful.

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[Gorka Guardiola]

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:38 PM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> oh yeah, I assume the first step to hacking these is cracking them open?
>
> Or is there a way via the usb port to get serial console (does not
> seem so from block diagram)
>

Mechiel told me there was a way to get a serial out of the usb connector...
Don't know anything more (we don´t have one as nemo stated)...


-- 
- curiosity sKilled the cat

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[Eric Van Hensbergen]

Or we could just brick Gorka's powerbook again!

     -eric


On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Gorka Guardiola <paurea@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:38 PM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
>> oh yeah, I assume the first step to hacking these is cracking them open?
>>
>> Or is there a way via the usb port to get serial console (does not
>> seem so from block diagram)
>>
>
> Mechiel told me there was a way to get a serial out of the usb connector...
> Don't know anything more (we don´t have one as nemo stated)...
>
>
> --
> - curiosity sKilled the cat
>
>

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[Joseph Stewart]

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I have some weird PPC-based IBM devices I'm willing to give away to those
inclined to hack on (hey, it's either this or the trash).
-joe

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>wrote:

> Or we could just brick Gorka's powerbook again!
>
>     -eric
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Gorka Guardiola <paurea@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 10:38 PM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> oh yeah, I assume the first step to hacking these is cracking them open?
> >>
> >> Or is there a way via the usb port to get serial console (does not
> >> seem so from block diagram)
> >>
> >
> > Mechiel told me there was a way to get a serial out of the usb
> connector...
> > Don't know anything more (we don´t have one as nemo stated)...
> >
> >
> > --
> > - curiosity sKilled the cat
> >
> >
>
>

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Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[ron minnich]

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:58 PM, Joseph Stewart <joseph.stewart@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have some weird PPC-based IBM devices I'm willing to give away to those
> inclined to hack on (hey, it's either this or the trash).


bring 'em on. let's see.

ron

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[Charles Forsyth]

>I'll try to get an european version here.

the device itself still has a US style plug attached to it.
the only difference is that it comes with one of those power leads
with a figure-8 connector and a plug (UK in my case but presumably euro in yours).
to use that, you need to unscrew the US style plug, and you'll find a figure-8 socket
in there somewhere. in practice, it's just as easy to use a US-(UK|Euro) adapter plug.
the internal power supply handles 120-240. (but i'd check it when you get it, just in case
there's a variant that's 120-only, but i'd be surprised. well, a little surprised.)

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[Jeff Sickel]

Hopefully people will have a few cycles to rehash any such session a
little later on--for those people arriving in Atlanta Wed. morning and
commuting to Athens via the great parking lot known as 75/85.

-jas

On Oct 6, 2009, at 2:50 PM, ron minnich wrote:

> I'd like to have a hack session the wed. morning before IWP9.
>
> What I'd like to propose is a sheeva plugfest. People commit to
> bringing a plug
> and we get them set up to run Plan 9.
>
> Any interest?
>
> ron
>
>

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[Eric Van Hensbergen]

Should have come up with that before people booked travel.  Thursday
night at a pub perhaps?

Sent from my iPhone

On Oct 6, 2009, at 2:50 PM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'd like to have a hack session the wed. morning before IWP9.
>
> What I'd like to propose is a sheeva plugfest. People commit to
> bringing a plug
> and we get them set up to run Plan 9.
>
> Any interest?
>
> ron
>

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[Iruata Souza]

i second that.

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com> wrote:
> Should have come up with that before people booked travel.  Thursday night
> at a pub perhaps?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 6, 2009, at 2:50 PM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'd like to have a hack session the wed. morning before IWP9.
>>
>> What I'd like to propose is a sheeva plugfest. People commit to bringing a
>> plug
>> and we get them set up to run Plan 9.
>>
>> Any interest?
>>
>> ron
>>
>
>

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[ron minnich]

There's nothing says we can not hack thursday night as well.  I
proposed wed. as I am there at that time and it's an empty slot. By
thursday there may be enough things going on that it's hard to do the
hack time.

Me, I see us sitting in the hotel lobby one evening surrounded by
pitchers and wires and boards and maybe soldering irons. I already
almost got thrown out a nice hotel for doing that sort of thing ...
that's all it takes nowadays I guess.

ron

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[Tim Newsham]

> Me, I see us sitting in the hotel lobby one evening surrounded by
> pitchers and wires and boards and maybe soldering irons. I already
> almost got thrown out a nice hotel for doing that sort of thing ...
> that's all it takes nowadays I guess.

http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/paranoia.jpg

> ron

Tim Newsham
http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[Skip Tavakkolian]

no joke.  TSA is enforcing the no-nickname policy.  if you're
"Robert" and your ticket says "Rob", prepare to be harassed.

>> Me, I see us sitting in the hotel lobby one evening surrounded by
>> pitchers and wires and boards and maybe soldering irons. I already
>> almost got thrown out a nice hotel for doing that sort of thing ...
>> that's all it takes nowadays I guess.
>
> http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/paranoia.jpg

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[Latchesar Ionkov]

Or you can setup Plan9 on my gumstix cluster :)

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 1:50 PM, ron minnich <rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'd like to have a hack session the wed. morning before IWP9.
>
> What I'd like to propose is a sheeva plugfest. People commit to bringing a plug
> and we get them set up to run Plan 9.
>
> Any interest?
>
> ron
>
>

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[ron minnich]

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net> wrote:
> Or you can setup Plan9 on my gumstix cluster :)
>

bring that one too!
ron

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[Mechiel Lukkien]

On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 12:50:18PM -0700, ron minnich wrote:
> I'd like to have a hack session the wed. morning before IWP9.
>
> What I'd like to propose is a sheeva plugfest. People commit to bringing a plug
> and we get them set up to run Plan 9.
>
> Any interest?

inferno might be a good target too.  for those who didn't know, you can
boot inferno on it and use its ethernet (but not much more).  the code
is available:

	http://code.google.com/p/inferno-kirkwood/

too bad i won't be attending...

mjl

Re: [9fans] IWP9 hack session

[erik quanstrom]

On Tue Oct  6 22:34:46 EDT 2009, rminnich@gmail.com wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 6:26 PM, Latchesar Ionkov <lucho@ionkov.net> wrote:
> > Or you can setup Plan9 on my gumstix cluster :)
> >
>
> bring that one too!

i've got a SAS disk with a dual-core arm processor.  it's got
32mb of memory.  do you think we could get plan 9 running
on a disk drive?

- erik

(okay, ☺)