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Date: Thu,  4 Sep 2008 09:10:47 +0300
From: hiro <23hiro@googlemail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] apropos of the glendix post
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Good luck.

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:47 AM,  <lucio@proxima.alt.za> wrote:
>> if linux can use binary blobs, why can't plan9 do it too?
>
> I think the BLOBs are platform specific, but I may be mistaken.  If
> I'm right, there's no way that we'd get any momentum to turn this
> around.
>
> But your earlier comment is extremely valid, too few people are
> working on drivers.  Without wishing to fan Discordia's flames, it is
> true that the 9fans community does not seem focused on solving
> problems, but rather on the academic value of the ease in which
> problems could be solved if one followed the 9 True Ways :-)
>
> That said, how do we mobilise the community to focus on useful
> drivers?  I suppose we start with Ron's wish list, then we explore
> Russ' partially complete postings (i386 emulation, Centrino drivers,
> I'm sure I've forgotten many more) and thirdly we post a list of
> willing contributors, possibly split into code writers and advisors.
>
> Any takers?
>
> ++L
>
>
>