From: Ronald G Minnich > Using the Advantech PCM-5823, we now have Plan9 cpu servers booting under > linuxbios. CPU servers in plan9 need local storage for authentication > keys. Long ago, this was done with NVRAM. On PCs it has been done with > floppy. > > On the linuxbios nodes, Andrey has it working using CMOS. As a result we > have true all-solid-state Plan 9 CPU servers. > > We will be building a small cluster of these nodes in coming weeks.
I'm curious - who is adapting Plan9 for new PC hardware? It seems like the downfall of LinuxBIOS is the limited space available in the stock EPROMs, the growth in the Linux kernel, and the continual appearance of new PC chipsets. Older versions of Linux might be stripped down to fit in stock EPROMs but then you lose the support for new hardware. So how is it that Plan9 is working with current hardware?
