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From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@mit.edu>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] why do we need 9load?
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 01:22:34 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d33dc0f1f00751e7c7d126402e1fa23d@plan9.bell-labs.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0309212313220.25353-100000@pink.lanl.gov>

> OK, I just a little while back RTFM (well, Andrey Read The FM, and said
> "Ron, why don't you ever R The FM", so I did) and noticed /dev/reboot.
> Hey, plan 9 can reboot Plan 9 kernels. Hey, the code is really slick. Why
> can't I write code this good any more? Too old? Time for me to move into
> management or something?
>
> So now I'm wondering, after spending a few months jiggering 9load, why do
> we need it? Could we use Plan 9 to boot Plan 9? It seems like it ought to
> be possible, and would remove the burden of keeping 9load up to date
> (which was a bit of work for the Geodes and CF).

that was the plan.  like many projects, it got stalled for lack of manpower.



  reply	other threads:[~2003-09-22  5:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-09-22  5:18 Ronald G. Minnich
2003-09-22  5:22 ` Russ Cox [this message]
2003-09-22  5:25   ` Ronald G. Minnich
2003-09-22 17:52     ` jmk
2003-09-23 15:14       ` ron minnich
2003-09-22  6:09 C H Forsyth

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