From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 06:44:13 -1000 From: Tim Newsham To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> In-Reply-To: <509071940910080734k7abe36batd34914b25a5d972b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <4ACDB3DE.3080708@maht0x0r.net> <509071940910080734k7abe36batd34914b25a5d972b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [9fans] android hacking? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 83f686c6-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > i think the idea of getting at the various devices these things > export would be great. this was part of the GSoC proposal for > getting drawterm on the iPhone/iPod Touch. doing it for > android would be just as neat (especially personally, since > Verizon has said they're getting android phones soon). in either > case, it should be possible to do the export in the "proper" > environment without too much hassle. for android, i'd start by > figuring out which of the java styx libraries use the subset > closest to what android offers. The java subset is fairly large. I havent tried the existing styx libs much except to check out that the com.vitanuova.styx client code works (I dont think it supports server stuff though). I have my own server 9p code right now so it would be fairly easy for me to export a simple device like gps or the accelerometer in pure java. Drawterm would be a lot more work. ps: running native C code on the existing phones is fairly easy to do, although its probably not "really" android and may not be guaranteed to work on future phones. Tim Newsham http://www.thenewsh.com/~newsham/