[9fans] Re: Plan 9 Xen VMware

[9fans] Re: Plan 9 Xen VMware

[Eric Van Hensbergen]

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:14:46 -0700 (MST), Ronald G. Minnich
<rminnich@lanl.gov> wrote:
> when is the 9bof?
> 

Not sure, there doesn't seem to be a way to register BoF's ahead of
time so I guess I'll try to sign up Sunday morning when I register and
then post to 9fans for folks not at the conference that might want to
show up.  OSDI BoF slots should be available Sunday night, Monday
night, or Tuesday night.  If anyone thinking about going has a
preference, please email me and let me know.

My preliminary plan for the meeting:
   o Quick 5 minute intro to what Plan 9 is
   o State of the system (quick 5 minute where the system is at today)
   o Talk about Plan 9 and Hypervisors (15 minutes)
   o Talk about Plan 9 tech-transfer to other operating systems (15 minutes)
         - cover plan9port package (or maybe Russ will do it for me)
         - cover v9fs linux support
   o Tell people about drawterm and tip9ug for people wanting a taste

Then pending on who is in attendance, I'd like to have a 15-30 minute
"community" discussion about the future.  There's been a lot of
discussion (at least on #plan9) about mirroring and encouraging
community participation in Plan 9 projects.  The idea would be to come
up with:
   a) ways to help jmk out as much as possible with ongoing
maintenance and development
   b) a setup allowing global mirrors of the distribution, source
repository, wiki, etc

Unfortunately, I don't have anything much new to demo at the BoF
besides perhaps v9fs.
We'll finish up our time slot with Q&A or perhaps just retire to the
hotel bar.  Anybody wanting anything added to the agenda, please let
me know.

   -eric