From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Ronald G. Minnich" To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [9fans] why do we need 9load? Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 23:18:07 -0600 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3fb278fc-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 OK, I just a little while back RTFM (well, Andrey Read The FM, and said "Ron, why don't you ever R The FM", so I did) and noticed /dev/reboot. Hey, plan 9 can reboot Plan 9 kernels. Hey, the code is really slick. Why can't I write code this good any more? Too old? Time for me to move into management or something? So now I'm wondering, after spending a few months jiggering 9load, why do we need it? Could we use Plan 9 to boot Plan 9? It seems like it ought to be possible, and would remove the burden of keeping 9load up to date (which was a bit of work for the Geodes and CF). Seems to me I could load Plan 9 from flash, and then just have it load the real kernel we want. Inquiring minds, minds which on rare occasions RTFM, want to know. What I'd really like to do is test this out on EPIA, the currently really cool cheapo mobo. ron