Re: [9front] 9FRONT "HUMANBIOLOGICS" RELEASED

[Greyson Jennings <tallesttower1@gmail.com>]

dammit, just when i finally got don't touch the artwork working on my pi.

Great work by everyone involved.

On Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 7:58 PM <sl@stanleylieber.com> wrote:
>
> 9FRONT "HUMANBIOLOGICS" RELEASED
> =========================================
>
> ![front](http://9front.org/img/humanbiologics.front.png)
>
> Notable changes in this release:
>
> - New qemu kernel for arm64.
>
> - New /sys/src/9/arm64 directory with generic arm64 implementations that
> is shared with all the arm64 kernels (imx8, bcm64).
>
> - The arm64 and amd64 kernels now support using FPU in interrupt
> context.
>
> - 32K IOUNIT.
>
> - Wifi and I²C support on the raspberry pi.
>
> - Ethernet switch-over (ethermultilink(8)) allowing to switch
> transparently between wifi and ethernet.
>
> - Libmach now supports ARM THUMB, so acid is now able to disassemble
> thumb code such as gba roms.
>
> - The efi loader has been ported to arm64.
>
> DOWNLOAD
> --------
>
> Multiple installation media are provided for PC, Raspberry Pi, MNT
> Reform, and QEMU.  For PC, burn an .iso file to CD, or dd it directly
> to USB media.  For Raspberry Pi or MNT Reform, dd an .img file
> directly to sdcard.
>
> The pi.img file can be used for Raspberry Pi 1, 2, and 3.  The pi3.img
> file can be used for Raspberry Pi 3 and 4.
>
> QEMU images are provided in QCOW2 format.
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
> <http://iso.only9fans.com/release/9front-10277.pi.img.gz.torrent>
>
> <http://iso.only9fans.com/release/9front-10277.pi3.img.gz.torrent>
>
> <http://iso.only9fans.com/release/9front-10277.reform.img.gz.torrent>
>
> MIRRORS
> -------
>
> <http://9front.org/iso/>
>
> <https://iso.only9fans.com/>
>
> <http://felloff.net/usr/cinap_lenrek/9front/>
>
> <https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/9front/9front.org/iso/>
>
> GIT REPOSITORY
> --------------
>
> <http://git.9front.org/plan9front/plan9front/HEAD/info.html>
>
> DASH 1 MANUAL
> -------------
>
> <http://fqa.9front.org/dash1.humanbiologics.pdf>
>
> dash 1 manual: <http://9front.org/propaganda/books>
>
> SONGS
> -----
>
> by cinap
>
> <http://9front.org/mp3/humanbiologics1.mp3>
>
> by sl
>
> <http://inri.net/archive/2001/10/26/gravity/mp3/Gravity-Track_05-Piss_On_It_lofi.mp3>
>
> THANKS
> ------
>
> [REDACTED]
>
> KERNEL AND DRIVERS
> ------------------
>
> 9/boot/net.rc: allow setting additional flags to aux/wpa with $wpaopts in plan9.ini
>
> add arm64 qemu kernel
>
> arm64: mem.c doesnt need sysreg.h
>
> arm64: remove hz/mhz from conf, not needed.
>
> bcm, bcm64, imx8, kw: Fix missing preempted() call on non-clock interrupt (thanks Anthony Martin)
>
> bcm, bcm64: Add bitbang i2cgpio driver
>
> bcm, bcm64: handle disk activity led from sdmmc
>
> bcm64, imx8, pc64: save stack space in fault handler
>
> bcm64, imx8: fix breakpoint note strings
>
> bcm64, imx8: provide more flexible MPIDR_EL1 CPUID to machno mapping
>
> bcm64, imx8: writing CAPR_EL1 (to turn fpu on/off) needs a intruction barrier
>
> bcm64: add i2c for pi3
>
> bcm64: dont need sysreg.h in mem.c
>
> bcm64: port new FPU code, making FPU available to interrupts
>
> bcm64: remove sysreg.c
>
> bcm64: use generic 9/arm64/* files
>
> bcm64: use generic 9/arm64/mmu.c
>
> bcm: add wifi driver
>
> boot/efi: add arm64
>
> boot/reform: update flash.bin url
>
> devarch: recognize AMD Jaguar and Puma SoC's (thanks dave)
>
> devether: handle bypass outside of ethermux()
>
> devi2c: expose the I2Cdev structure to the controller.
>
> devip: add gratious arp ctl message to /net/arp
>
> devip: automatically unbind interface on read errors
>
> devip: fix comment ifc->id -> ifc->ifcid
>
> devip: have findipifc() return rlock'd interface, allow to use "del" instead of "remove" for route and interface operations
>
> devip: make some symbols static, cleanup
>
> devip: run Medium.unbind() with ifc->conv released, cleanup
>
> devpipe: remove bogus "wstat on closed pipe" note
>
> devsd, sd*: use seprint() style start/end pointer for rctl() function
>
> devsd, sdmmc, ether4330: improve infrastructure for sdio
>
> devtls: allow larger than MaxRecLen (16k) writes
>
> devuart: cleanup uart console code
>
> devuart: fix wrong opens count in case of uartenable() error
>
> devuart: handle software flow control (XON/XOFF) in devuart alone
>
> devuart: make sure consuart was enabled before setting serialoq
>
> devvmx: reset kernel fpu state before loading vmx fpu state
>
> devvmx: restore previous initial value for xcr0
>
> ether4330: annex sdM for emmc (changed order)
>
> ether82563: add B360 i219-v
>
> ether82563: clear force speed/duplex bits in link-up (thanks taw)
>
> etherimx: ignore trailing 4 byte garbage in ethernet receive packet
>
> etheriwl: Add support for Wireless AC 3160 (thanks kws)
>
> ethermultilink: add "bypass" ctl for ethernet
>
> ethermultilink: send gratious arp instead of flushing arp cache
>
> ethermultilink: switch between different physical interfaces based on link status
>
> i2cbcm: clean up and fixes
>
> i2cbcm: use core clock rate from vcore instead of hardcoding 250Mhz
>
> imx8, bcm64: make sure interrupts are of (sched() re-enables them)
>
> imx8, bcm64: touser() already called splhi()'d
>
> imx8: port new FPU code, making FPU available to interrupts
>
> imx8: share generic arm64 mmu.c
>
> imx8: usb: enable host IN auto retry
>
> imx8: use generic 9/arm64/^(init9.s rebootcode.s)
>
> imx8: use generic 9/arm64/cache.v8.s
>
> imx8: use generic 9/arm64/fpu.c
>
> imx8: use generic 9/arm64/sysreg.c
>
> imx8: use generic 9/arm64/sysreg.h
>
> imx8: use generic 9/arm64/trap.c
>
> kernel: fix SEGMAXSIZE macro, force 64-bit result
>
> kernel: make walk/open errors more consistent with userspace
>
> kernel: move virtio10 drivers to port
>
> kernel: support 32k iounit
>
> nusb/disk: advertise the correct iounit for disk files.
>
> nusb/disk: use IOUNIT constant for Maxiosize
>
> nusb/disk: work around quirk in some CD drives
>
> nusb/ether: implement link status detection for smsc and lan78xx
>
> nusb/ether: make stats file compatible to stats(8)
>
> nusb/kb: fix Glorious Model O mouse
>
> nusb/kb: fix portreset feature and recovery
>
> nusb/usbd: attach spam protection for reset loops and flanky devices
>
> nusb/usbd: don't spam opendevdata() transaction errors before timeout, error printing
>
> nusbrc: use exponential backoff and timeout usb enumeration
>
> mouse: use tsleep() instead of delay() (thanks uramekus)
>
> omap: Fix missing preempted() call after non-clock interrupt (Thanks Anthony Martin)
>
> pc, pc64: clear osxsave flag in cr4 when not used
>
> pc64: avoid STI/CLI, touser() already called splhi()'d
>
> pc64: make FPU available in interrupts
>
> pc64: no need to _stts() in squidboy()
>
> pc: do trapinit() and mathinit() early
>
> pc: skip CLI/STI when not needed
>
> pi3, pi4: change the order of emmc and sdhc for ether4330
>
> pipe: bring back wstat, set size (in bytes) of the pipe buffer
>
> qio: fix memory leak in qproduce()
>
> reform/pm: fix lcd pwm cycle setting precision
>
> reform: add ethersink driver for ethermultilink
>
> sdhost: implement sdhost controller driver so we can use wifi always (pi3)
>
> sdnvme: dont make queues largers than MQES field in capability
>
> swap: fix pager nil pointer derefence when running out of procs
>
> zuke: make stack usage independent of Biobuf's Bsize.
>
> zynq: fix print format in emmc driver
>
> zynq: remove uartconsole() function, already done by devuart internally
>
> COMPILERS AND LINKERS
> ---------------------
>
> /sys/lib/acid/port: mind upper bounds of fnbound
>
> 6a: use IOUNIT for BUFSIZ
>
> 6c: fix embedded struct conversion codegen
>
> 6c: fix wrong signed type conversion from char/short -> float/double
>
> 6c: remove stray non-interruptible temporary warning
>
> 7c: add form3 support (no functional change)
>
> 7c: do NOT allocate link register for general use
>
> 7c: dont replace SXTW instruction following MOVW $const, r
>
> 7c: fix constant propagation for negative 64-bit constants
>
> 7c: replace {CMP $0,…; Bcond} with CB[N]Z/TB[N]Z when possible
>
> 7l: 1 → NOPROF to avoid confusion
>
> 7l: avoid hitting old 7c bug with 64-bit constant propagation
>
> 7l: define missing TBZ/TBNZ relation
>
> 7l: do a single pass to produce data segment instead of doing it in chunks
>
> 7l: fix MADD/MSUB optional reg
>
> 7l: support CB[N]Z[W] instructions
>
> 7l: support fmov between general and fp registers
>
> 7l: support fused multiply-add/sub ops
>
> 7l: use wider INITTEXT and INITDAT
>
> *l: make sure Sym and Auto structs are fully initialized (thanks moodman)
>
> ar: use IOUNIT for streaming in files
>
> cc: support binary constants and refactor
>
> cc: use IOUNIT for BUFSIZ
>
> cpp: remove trigraphs
>
> cpp: run tests with 'mk test'
>
> yacc: define dummy yytokname() and yystatname() macros if not yydebug
>
> LIBRARIES
> ---------
>
> lib9p: return effective iounit in Ropen response
>
> libaml: dummy implement NotifyOp (thanks uramekus)
>
> libauthsrv: readnvram: prompt for password conformation
>
> libbio: bump Bsize to IOUNIT
>
> libc/arm64: disable profiling on memcpy (memmove is an alias and follows immediately)
>
> libc/arm64: fabs, floor and ceil in assembly
>
> libc/arm64: memmove/memset - save/restore link register
>
> libc: fix crash in idn routines with long domain names
>
> libdraw: use IOUNIT for transfer block size in readimage()
>
> libjson: make sure string contains only a single JSON value
>
> libmach: arm64: disasm fmov Rn,Fd / fmov Fn,Rd
>
> libmach: fix RETURN and branch target for CBZ/CBNZ for arm64 (wrong sign extension)
>
> libmach: fix dropped header in last commit
>
> libmach: open /proc/n/kfpregs when kernel debugging
>
> libmach: set errstr if we can't find a SP for a PC
>
> libmach: setmach: mipsLE* -> spim
>
> libmach: thumb support
>
> libregexp: regprint: make regimpl.h include match its siblings
>
> libsec: ansi-ify hkdf, pbkdf2 and scrypt
>
> libvorbis: delete random sparc64 .a
>
> PROGRAMS
> --------
>
> acme: add font control message
>
> add /rc/bin/doom: games/doom launcher
>
> add aux/aout2efi
>
> add games/dmx: decode doom sound effect lumps (dss*)
>
> add games/mid2s: streaming midi from file, and merge common stuff into generic framework
>
> ape/expr: ansi-ify function declarations
>
> ape/pdksh: ansi-ify function declarations
>
> ape: ansi-ify isatty and listen
>
> ape: libap: do not set objtype in amd64 mkfile
>
> audio/flacenc: implement [-i fmt] for supported formats; fix tell callback; fix big endian and 3-byte samples
>
> audio/zuke: ICY: 4k of stack is enough for everybody
>
> audio/zuke: double mainstacksize
>
> audio/zuke: fix ICY proc running out of stack
>
> audiohda: added Cannon Lake support
>
> audiohda: detect hda devices using pci class id
>
> aux/depend: remove old cruft
>
> aux/dial: use IOUNIT for transfer block size
>
> aux/trampoline: use IOUNIT for transfer block size
>
> bar, fontsel: use heap allocated biobuf
>
> bar: smaller buffer for aux proc; exit on eof
>
> bzfs: use IOUNIT for buffer size
>
> bzip2: use IOUNIT for transfer block size
>
> cdfs: use IOUNIT for maxrpc (thanks Arne Meyer)
>
> cfs: use IOUNIT for MAXFDATA
>
> cmd: use increased iounit
>
> compress: ansi-ify function declerations and enable warnings
>
> cpurc, termrc, bootrc: organize default device binds
>
> diff: don't flush on every line
>
> diff: fix no newline test
>
> diff: generate no-newline directives
>
> diff: improve is-binary heuristic
>
> diff: make distproto copies tests
>
> dossrv: use IOUNIT for Maxdata
>
> eui: draw in seperate proc
>
> fcp: use IOUNIT as default size
>
> file: recognize MOD files (thanks umbraticus)
>
> file: recognize and differentiate opus
>
> file: use xiph mimetypes to clearly differentiate ogg/vorbis from ogg/opus et al (thanks sigrid)
>
> fshalt: get rid of special nvme hack for disk shutdown
>
> games/aout2gba: allow either ARM or ARMB mach type
>
> games/dmx: rename to games/dmxdec for consistency
>
> games/doom: bump max number of simultaneous sound effects
>
> games/doom: don't crash on invalid music selection with idmus cheat
>
> games/doom: don't print useless status on stderr
>
> games/doom: draw in a separate proc
>
> games/doom: faster palette→rgb conversion for arm64; fix convproc channel handling
>
> games/doom: fix unhooked sound attenuation with distance
>
> games/doom: remove dead code
>
> games/doom: run audio in its own proc; can stop frame-dropping as well
>
> games/doom: use wadfs to expose genmidi lump instead of extracting to /tmp
>
> games/doom: wait explicitly for convproc to exit before running getwindow on resize
>
> games/festoon: ansi-ify function declerations
>
> games/gb: correctly mark transmitted serial data as sent
>
> games/gba/rom: use -t with 5a
>
> games/md: ignore invalid writes (makes cave story work)
>
> games/mid2s: fix usage string
>
> games/mkfile: match the dmxdec rename
>
> games/opl3: fix choking on high tempo streams
>
> games/voc^(enc dec): move from audio and add encoder
>
> git/*: reduce object cache size
>
> git/add: don't include paths in the .git directory
>
> git/branch: avoid null list errors
>
> git/branch: prevent deleting current branch, skip dirty check for deleting branches
>
> git/clone: correctly handle cloning repos with '/' in the remote ref
>
> git/commit: fix sed invocation: our '^' operator has a quirk when used with 'g'
>
> git/diff: always respect the specified branch
>
> git/diff: make '-u' flag imply '-s'
>
> git/fs: fix leak of uid strings
>
> git/fs: match errors with other file servers
>
> git/fs: preserve mode bits when walking branch dirs
>
> git/fs: when statting an object, generate a correct qid
>
> git/merge: include files changed in the merged commits
>
> git/query: allow arbitrary length queries
>
> git/query: check for nil return from seprint
>
> git/revert: correctly revert files with spaces in the path
>
> git/revert: only look at changed files
>
> git/save: fix warning
>
> git/walk, git/save: be less restrictive about permission matching
>
> git/walk: add -b option to override base branch
>
> git/walk: filter out files from within the .git repo
>
> git/walk: fix usage on new repo
>
> git/walk: only show untracked paths matching requested prefix
>
> git: fix zero hash check crash in git/serve
>
> git: replace index format for ~200x speedup
>
> grabrfc: update fetching
>
> hg: actually remove hg this time
>
> hg: remove forgotten traces
>
> history: set missing execute bit
>
> hjfs: unlimited buffer works
>
> hjfs: use smaller fixed buffer size
>
> imap4d: use IOUNIT for Bufsize
>
> ip/ftpfs: fix totally broken messagesize, use IOUNIT
>
> ip/ipconfig: allow "del" verb in addition to "remove"
>
> ip/snoopy: fix missing break rrfmt() in (tho, harmless as of rrsupported() check)
>
> ip/snoopy: sync with ndb/dns
>
> ircrc: fix pong message (thanks mkf)
>
> ktrans: more tests, telex rewrite, small chinese fix
>
> ktrans: pinyin, cleanup and documentation updates
>
> lstk: add /bin/lstk to dump most recent crashed proc
>
> merge3: handle edge cases where we remove lines
>
> merge3: overlap happens on the source offsets, not the dest offsets
>
> mk: dead code removal
>
> ms2html: fix crash on macro without newline
>
> ndb/dns: add -L flag for local-recursive server
>
> ndb/dns: avoid blocking 9p on refresh, use shorter 15second query timeout, cleanup
>
> ndb/dns: better handling of extended response code
>
> ndb/dns: built-in tcp server, remove cruft, refactor
>
> ndb/dns: embedd name string into DN struct
>
> ndb/dns: fix RR.caa leak
>
> ndb/dns: fix memory leak in dnzone()
>
> ndb/dns: hack for the caching server for delegated nameservers
>
> ndb/dns: implement EDNS(0) extension (rfc6891)
>
> ndb/dns: implement concurrent garbage collection
>
> ndb/dns: make sure theres only a single Topt option in getednsopt().
>
> ndb/dns: refresh the cached dnsserver domain ndb entries in db2cache()
>
> ndb/dns: remove leftover #pragma varargck argpos dnsdebug 1
>
> nedmail: set $% to the full path of the current message
>
> newuser: use non-expanded $home instead of /usr/$user in lib/plumbing comment
>
> page: use IOUNIT for NBUF
>
> paqfs: use IOUNIT+IOHDRSZ for mesgsize
>
> patch: delete files for tests before test run
>
> patch: fix offsets in reverse mode
>
> patch: support no-newline directives
>
> postscript: ansi-ify function declerations
>
> rc: use IOUNIT for io NBUF
>
> readtags, zuke: extract cover images stored in the audio files (thanks g-w1)
>
> riow: skip redundant k events with shifted keys
>
> rx: use IOUNIT for transfer block size
>
> skelfs: use more correct "file does not exist" error
>
> sshfs: use MAXWRITE for I/O unit
>
> sysupdate: use the rc -b flag to keep sysupdate in memory
>
> tapefs: use IOUNIT for Maxbuf
>
> tl: use IOUNIT for MAXIO
>
> tl: use the allocator from cc/compat
>
> tlsclient: use IOUNIT for transfer block size
>
> tmdate: add ordinal day of month format specifier
>
> tput: use iounit(2) of the file-descriptor by default
>
> troff: embiggen troff character size limit to support huge fonts
>
> uhtml: use IOUNIT for transfer block size
>
> upas/Mail: when space is tight use ellipsis (…) instead of 3 dots (...)
>
> upas/Mail: use IOUNIT for Bufsz
>
> upas/fs: don't abort when the server gives us invalid dates
>
> upas/fs: don't try to fstat a renamed fd
>
> upas/fs: use IOUNIT
>
> upas/fs: write index out to temp file
>
> upas/imap4d: fix bad censorship of the password when debug is enabled.
>
> upas/imap4d: return SEARCH response in caps.
>
> upas/marshal: use IOUNIT
>
> upas: "move" ctl verb to move messages between imap folders (thanks Risto Salminen)
>
> vac: use IOUNIT reading files
>
> vacfs: use IOUNIT
>
> vncs: use IOUNIT for Maxfdata
>
> vncv: remove 16 -> 32 bpp conversion routine
>
> vt: bracketed paste mode (fixes autoindentation in text editors)
>
> vt: resize only when the window is not hidden (fixes window at top left corner with riow after terminal reset)
>
> walk: handle removed files correctly
>
> wc: use IOUNIT for NBUF
>
> webfs: use IOUNIT for transfer block size
>
> DOCUMENTATION
> -------------
>
> ether(3): document "bypass" ctl message.
>
> ethermultilink(8): add manpage with example
>
> ethermultilink(8): add some warnings about leaving the secondary interfaces alone
>
> ethermultilink(8): fix bridge(3) reference (thanks Stuart Morrow)
>
> ethermultilink(8): fix sink bind (thanks sigrid)
>
> git(1): document 'git/diff -u'
>
> git(1): document flag to show unused files
>
> git(1): document git/import -n
>
> git(1): remove lies from manual, improve wording.
>
> git(1): update and clean up git/walk section
>
> ip(3): document garp ctl message for /net/arp
>
> listen(8): remove tcp53 reference, remove !tcp53 template
>
> rio(1), rio(4): wctl /srv pipe is dead, mention 'none' attach (thanks unobe)
>
> paqfs(4): remove 8K default message size comment
>
> pc(1): remove non-existent -n (thanks kvo); misc fixes from checkman
>
> plan9.ini(8): document $wpaopts
>
> sd(3): list /led and /smart files
>
> snap(4): clean up lies
>
> stats(8): drop 802.11, consider *ALL* /net/ether*/stats
>
> webcookies(4): cookiefs -> webcookies
>
> zuke(1): document audio/readtags
>
> OTHER
> -----
>
> /lib/keyboard: fix subscript small letter n. add super/sub small letter i
>
> /lib/rob: Critical code needs static typing.
>
> /lib/theo: You are in way over your head
>
> /lib/theo: You are trying to compare a pig and a moon rocket.
>
> /lib/theo: You get to adapt to what we produce.
>
> /lib/troll: We have created something new that we named R9, an OS strongly inspired by Plan 9, written in the Rust programming language.
>
> /sys/lib/dist/mkfile: include /386/mbr et al in disk images
>
> /sys/lib/dist/ndb/common: add esmtp (port 587)
>
> /sys/src/boot/mkfile: add missing child directories
>
> distproto: include /lib/ucd in releases
>
> replace ? with ؟ character in fa kbmap (thanks mkf)
>
> ![back](http://9front.org/img/humanbiologics.back.png)



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