From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: From: "Russ Cox" To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] why do we need 9load? In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 01:22:34 -0400 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 402470b0-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > 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.