* [9fans] Plan9 on laptops/netbooks @ 2013-04-02 15:06 Rubén Berenguel 2013-04-02 15:17 ` lucio 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: Rubén Berenguel @ 2013-04-02 15:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2162 bytes --] Hi all, I'm wondering if I can get a somewhat working native Plan9 installation in any of my "spare" machines. They would be (in order of more sparey to less sparey) Acer Aspire One (ZG5) Acer TravelMate 4001 LMi Acer Aspire 5865 WLMi (or something similar, quoting from memory) Intel Macbook (Early 2008 IIRC) I don't ask for much: USB support and some networking support (Wifi preferably, ethernet acceptable). I already have Plan9 installed in the Travelmate, but looks like neither the wireless card (an Intel, but not the recently released drivers on 9front) nor the ethernet card (Broadcom) are meant to work with Plan9, so no luck here as far as I can tell. I may be wrong, I'd be happy then :) I have tried USB booting the Aspire One, with no luck either. The 9legacy USB image hangs in the known "bios into real mode" something, the 9front usbboot procedure does not boot either. I get as far as mbr pbs ok, but nothing else. Hangs there, without reading from the USB. From some hints I've read here and there, it looks like it may boot, but can't tell how. I'd love this stupid little machine to have Plan9, native... So far it runs Arch with Fluxbox, which is a decent lightweight system. I have not tried the Aspire 5865 (yet) but I'm not any more hopeful it can work as the TravelMate does not work. I have not tried the Macbook either, since as a "last" resort I can run it in qemu with a kind of decent speed. Also, this is my work machine until I get a new one this week or the next Would any of these machines offer at least my requirements, which are basically "work"? I already have a Raspberry Pi with Plan9, works correctly but it's not as portable as I'd like (and my router is upstairs with no ethernet cabling towards where my TV sits...). Thanks, Ruben PS: I don't have any kind of love relation with Acers. The Travelmate was an old laptop I was given to see if I could use it for something, I bought the Aspire for a trip where I needed something lightweight and less valuable than my Mac, back in the day.) But they are not that bad: all still boot and work after the years :) [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 2637 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Plan9 on laptops/netbooks 2013-04-02 15:06 [9fans] Plan9 on laptops/netbooks Rubén Berenguel @ 2013-04-02 15:17 ` lucio 2013-04-02 15:27 ` sl 0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread From: lucio @ 2013-04-02 15:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans You may want to look into USB-ether for the Travelmate? ++L ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Plan9 on laptops/netbooks 2013-04-02 15:17 ` lucio @ 2013-04-02 15:27 ` sl 2013-04-02 15:36 ` erik quanstrom ` (2 more replies) 0 siblings, 3 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: sl @ 2013-04-02 15:27 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans The following wifi devices are handy if only Ethernet is supported on your machine: Iogear GWU627: 802.11n, web interface (which demands javascript support) can be configured using Inferno's charon browser. Plugs into Ethernet port, powered by USB or optional wallwart. Vonets VAP11G: 802.11g, uses proprietary Windows program for congfiguration but is very small and lightweight. Plugs into Ethernet port, powered by USB or optional wallwart. 9front has support for some Broadcom Ethernet chips. The following have been tested: BCM5751M NeXtreme Gigabit (vid/did: 14e4/167d) BCM5755/5780 NeXtreme Gigabit (vid/did: 14e4/167b) -sl ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Plan9 on laptops/netbooks 2013-04-02 15:27 ` sl @ 2013-04-02 15:36 ` erik quanstrom 2013-04-02 15:37 ` lucio 2013-04-02 22:24 ` Steve Simon 2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: erik quanstrom @ 2013-04-02 15:36 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > BCM5751M NeXtreme Gigabit (vid/did: 14e4/167d) > BCM5755/5780 NeXtreme Gigabit (vid/did: 14e4/167b) i've also used this driver with some changes in 9atom (driver is included) with a few different cards. thanks for the code. unfortunately i did not write the vid/dids down. i did not have success with the *S models in dell or hp blade servers. - erik ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Plan9 on laptops/netbooks 2013-04-02 15:27 ` sl 2013-04-02 15:36 ` erik quanstrom @ 2013-04-02 15:37 ` lucio 2013-04-02 22:24 ` Steve Simon 2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: lucio @ 2013-04-02 15:37 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans > 9front has support for some Broadcom Ethernet chips. The > following have been tested: Would anyone hazard an opinion on the effort required to implement a device driver for the REALTEK 8188? Olimex supply a neat little USB dongle for it (it gets hot very quickly - but it has no case, so it presumably also cools OK) and they support mostly "open" devices. ++L ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
* Re: [9fans] Plan9 on laptops/netbooks 2013-04-02 15:27 ` sl 2013-04-02 15:36 ` erik quanstrom 2013-04-02 15:37 ` lucio @ 2013-04-02 22:24 ` Steve Simon 2 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread From: Steve Simon @ 2013-04-02 22:24 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 9fans For the supported hardware list, I use the 9front broadcom driver with a vid/did = 14e4/1696 Broadcom BCM5782 Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet -Steve ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 6+ messages in thread
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