From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@9fans.net Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:17:06 +0200 From: lucio@proxima.alt.za In-Reply-To: <48fadc528cbce5cbe776dd757010c605@hamnavoe.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] Loongson port, and 64 bit MIPS Topicbox-Message-UUID: 10ebb418-ead9-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > Some confusion I think - 9pi image is Bell Labs distribution built with kernel > /sys/src/9/bcm and arm binaries, not from any separate source tree. > I do tend to shoot from the hip, I sincerely hope there were no unintended casualties as a result :-) That said, the build process for the installation image has baffled me for years, mostly because I never felt that making proper sense of it would be a rewarding task. When Cherry succeeded (not for the first time) where I had only skimmed the surface, I felt he was onto a good thing. And I could not help thinking that he and you were on a parallel path and it made sense to find the common ground. My hope is that at the end of that path there will be a version of the process that is better documented and can be used more widely. Unless I misunderstand a lot (more), this is a desirable objective, if not a trivial one to attain. I don't think there is much harm me raising the issue, nor in being corrected if I am mistaken. > USB kernel driver for the pi was written specially for the usbdwc host > adapter in the bcm2835 SoC, not relevant anywhere else unless some other > vendor adopts the same usb core (which I fervently hope never happens). I'll defend my position by stating that sometimes differences teach us more then similarities. A weak defence, I know. But your work with USB has moved Plan 9 forward a lot and I think it ought to be studied and respected. Thanks for all the clarifications, I sincerely hope you did not find cause to be offended in what I wrote, it was definitely not intended to offend anyone. Lucio.