i've not built Go under plan9/arm. however, in practice (in a real Plan 9 environment) this is not an issue. the way authentication and namespaces (including file server) work in a Plan 9 envrionment, it is natural to use the fastest cpu available to (cross) compile apps. typical sessions are like this:
supermic% ls -l d-rwxrwxr-x M 5543 fst fst 0 Jul 21 2015 .hg --rw-rw-r-- M 5543 fst fst 1071 Feb 10 2013 LICENSE --rw-rw-r-- M 5543 fst fst 206 Feb 10 2013 README --rw-rw-r-- M 5543 fst fst 12477 Feb 10 2013 admui.go --rw-rw-r-- M 5543 fst fst 6332 Feb 10 2013 client.go --rw-rw-r-- M 5543 fst fst 8623 Feb 10 2013 index.html --rw-rw-r-- M 5543 fst fst 450 Feb 10 2013 logger.go --rw-rw-r-- M 5543 fst fst 1307 Feb 10 2013 main.go --rw-rw-r-- M 5543 fst fst 4232 May 13 2013 server.go --rwxrwxr-x M 5543 fst fst 5977542 Apr 12 13:57 tcpmeter supermic% rm tcpmeter supermic% go build supermic% ls -ltr --rw-rw-r-- M 5543 fst fst 6332 Feb 10 2013 client.go --rw-rw-r-- M 5543 fst fst 450 Feb 10 2013 logger.go --rw-rw-r-- M 5543 fst fst 1071 Feb 10 2013 LICENSE --rw-rw-r-- M 5543 fst fst 1307 Feb 10 2013 main.go --rw-rw-r-- M 5543 fst fst 206 Feb 10 2013 README --rw-rw-r-- M 5543 fst fst 12477 Feb 10 2013 admui.go --rw-rw-r-- M 5543 fst fst 8623 Feb 10 2013 index.html --rw-rw-r-- M 5543 fst fst 4232 May 13 2013 server.go d-rwxrwxr-x M 5543 fst fst 0 Jul 21 2015 .hg --rwxrwxr-x M 5543 fst fst 5855281 Apr 12 14:00 tcpmeter supermic% file tcpmeter tcpmeter: 386 plan 9 executable supermic% ./tcpmeter -? flag provided but not defined: -? 2016/04/12 14:00:31 usage: ./tcpmeter (-c|-s) [-r [host:]port] [-h [host:]port] [-l logfile] supermic% GOARCH=arm go build supermic% file tcpmeter tcpmeter: arm plan 9 executable supermic% cpu -h rpi2 rpi2% ./tcpmeter -? flag provided but not defined: -? 2016/04/12 14:04:35 usage: ./tcpmeter (-c|-s) [-r [host:]port] [-h [host:]port] [-l logfile] rpi2% pwd /usr/fst/GoApps/src/tcpmeter rpi2% exit supermic% pwd /usr/fst/GoApps/src/tcpmeter supermic% Similar setup could be done under Linux/MacOSX with some work. I found this article very helpful: https://medium.com/@rakyll/go-1-5-cross-compilation-488092ba44ec#.635w6yhi5 btw, building Go on rpi/linux, took some time. i have not tried rpi3 yet (waiting for 64bit plan9 or linux). building Go on odroid-c2 (linux/arm64) "feels" as speedy as on atom or i3. On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 12:21 PM, Chris McGee <sirnewton...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > Hi Skip, > > Have you managed to get Go running on an RPi this way? > > Cheers, > Chris > > > > > If you run Plan 9 in a VM, emulator or a confined device (RPi), it will > be easier/faster to cross compile your app and copy it over. E.g. to > compile for 9Pi: > > $ GOOS=plan9 GOARCH=arm go build > > > > > > >