[9fans] Shiva/Guru Plug Support

[9fans] Shiva/Guru Plug Support

[Burton Samograd]

Hello,

I found the annoucement for Shiva plug support
(http://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=125849399830547&w=2) and I was wondering
what progress has been made with the port.  I looked in /sys/src/9/kw
and it looks like there has been more recent development, but could
someone give me a quick summary of what has been accomplished.

Also, would this port work on the GuruPlug Server
(http://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=125849399830547&w=2)?  I looks like it
has almost the exact same hardware as the Shiva.

I'd just like to know the port status before I purchase one for use
with Plan9. Thanks.

--
Burton Samograd

Re: [9fans] Shiva/Guru Plug Support

[Skip Tavakkolian]

i have several (guru and sheeva) running plan9. they're configured as
cpu's and boot from a file server (x86 laptop auth+cpu+fs).

i've had the most problems with power supplies on both models; going
by my sample size, they have a 25% combined failure rate.

-Skip

On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Burton Samograd
<burton.samograd@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I found the annoucement for Shiva plug support
> (http://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=125849399830547&w=2) and I was wondering
> what progress has been made with the port.  I looked in /sys/src/9/kw
> and it looks like there has been more recent development, but could
> someone give me a quick summary of what has been accomplished.
>
> Also, would this port work on the GuruPlug Server
> (http://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=125849399830547&w=2)?  I looks like it
> has almost the exact same hardware as the Shiva.
>
> I'd just like to know the port status before I purchase one for use
> with Plan9. Thanks.
>
> --
> Burton Samograd
>

Re: [9fans] Shiva/Guru Plug Support

[Matthew Veety]

On May 13, 2012, at 3:26 PM, Skip Tavakkolian wrote:

> i have several (guru and sheeva) running plan9. they're configured as
> cpu's and boot from a file server (x86 laptop auth+cpu+fs).
> 
> i've had the most problems with power supplies on both models; going
> by my sample size, they have a 25% combined failure rate.
> 
> -Skip

I have noticed this too on my sheeva. I ended up rolling my own on it. It seems to get to hot when running Plan 9. I don't have this issue with the default configuration though.

--
Veety

Re: [9fans] Shiva/Guru Plug Support

[Richard Miller]

> i've had the most problems with power supplies on both models; going
> by my sample size, they have a 25% combined failure rate.

I've had 100% failure rate (sample size = 1) of the host usb connector,
while attempting a demo at IWP9 -- seriously embarrassing.

Re: [9fans] Shiva/Guru Plug Support

[erik quanstrom]

On Sun May 13 15:27:58 EDT 2012, skip.tavakkolian@gmail.com wrote:
> i have several (guru and sheeva) running plan9. they're configured as
> cpu's and boot from a file server (x86 laptop auth+cpu+fs).
>
> i've had the most problems with power supplies on both models; going
> by my sample size, they have a 25% combined failure rate.

bad caps.  has anyone had the same problem with an openrd
box?

- erik