Re: [9fans] [GSOC] plan9 which arch code to use?

[erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net>]

> Mostly just a mixture of arrogance and ineptitude that says I want to
> do this my way?
>
> For real, I can't resist a convergence challenge.  The image I had in
> my mind was of an amd64 environment within the Bell Labs release
> (i386) that would allow me to build either 9atom or 9front releases
> with minimal adjustments.

if everybody does their own thing, perhaps we spend all our collective
time doing the same thing, and no progress is made?

just an observation.  and obviously there are tradeoffs.  i'll give you that
i love to do things my self.  let me know if you see anything in atom that causes
issues.  certainly a goal is to keep these to a minimum.

the atom stuff of course came about for three reasons that were not
solved elsewhere at the time: working with certain hardware, 21-bit
runes, and production amd64 support.

i think all of these are at least to some extent still valid.  there are gaps
in the distribution's 21-bit rune support, and the hardware support gap
may have increased.

- erik