Re: [9fans] 9p implemention using print() like formats for marshaling

[Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:13 AM, Steve Simon<steve@quintile.net> wrote:
> I am interested in a 9p implementation which used print()-like
> format strings for packet marshaling. This was pre-9p2k and I
> even have a vague memory that it was a student project, mentored by Rob,
> though I may have made that up.
>
> I found this code on the net a long time ago but I ahve lost the link;
> does this description ring any bells with anyone?
>

I wasn't aware of the previous instance, but the stuff Anthony Ligouri
did for the qemu-based-9p server used this approach and I liked it so
much I sucked it into the v9fs kernel code but there isn't currently a
standalone library version of it (but it should be trivial to extract
it from the kernel code -- specifically:  http://is.gd/1q7hV ).  I
wanted to do a Plan 9 version using fmtinstall (or some variant)
because that should make it a lot cleaner, but never got around to
doing it.

     -eric