Re: [9fans] Multi monitor setup

2014-03-20 Thread erik quanstrom
> I did hack up basic dual monitor support for the nvidia drivers, but that > was a long time ago. > http://9fans.net/archive/2004/09/146 cool! - erik

[9fans] GSoC proposal: Replace language for wikifs

2014-03-20 Thread Szymon Olewniczak
Hi, I've just published a Summer of Code proposal for "Replace language for wikifs".[1] What do you think about my candidature. Maybe should I explain something more? BR, Szymon [1]https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/proposal/review/student/google/gsoc2014/hafron/5629499534213120

Re: [9fans] mulgen botch

2014-03-20 Thread cinap_lenrek
i found a simple solution now: diff -r 46d745fbf479 sys/src/cmd/6c/mul.c --- a/sys/src/cmd/6c/mul.c Thu Mar 20 16:44:01 2014 +0100 +++ b/sys/src/cmd/6c/mul.c Fri Mar 21 00:03:49 2014 +0100 @@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ Mparam *p; Node nod, nods; + if(v == 0){ +

Re: [9fans] Multi monitor setup

2014-03-20 Thread Nicholas Waples
On 21 Mar 2014 01:08, "Szymon Olewniczak" wrote: > > >> is there any support to dual monitor setup? > > > >no. > > > >> Can I rotate monitor in plan 9? > > > >no. > > > >> How does support of video cards looks like in general? > > > >poor. > > > >see /sys/src/9/pc/vga*.c files. most of these are v

Re: [9fans] mulgen botch

2014-03-20 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Mar 20 17:51:30 EDT 2014, quans...@quanstro.net wrote: > On Thu Mar 20 16:20:29 EDT 2014, cinap_len...@felloff.net wrote: > > sorry... the code from the last mail contains an error... > > theres a missing regfree() in the OASMUL and OASLMUL case when > > hardleft is set. in any case, i'm uns

Re: [9fans] mulgen botch

2014-03-20 Thread erik quanstrom
On Thu Mar 20 16:20:29 EDT 2014, cinap_len...@felloff.net wrote: > sorry... the code from the last mail contains an error... > theres a missing regfree() in the OASMUL and OASLMUL case when > hardleft is set. in any case, i'm unsure if it wouldnt be > better to handle this in mulgen() instead. as t

Re: [9fans] mulgen botch

2014-03-20 Thread cinap_lenrek
sorry... the code from the last mail contains an error... theres a missing regfree() in the OASMUL and OASLMUL case when hardleft is set. in any case, i'm unsure if it wouldnt be better to handle this in mulgen() instead. as this case is so rare, it is probably not worth trying to avoid useless reg

Re: [9fans] Multi monitor setup

2014-03-20 Thread Szymon Olewniczak
> > Ok, I understeand. So, maybe it's a good idea as a gsoc proposal. Do you > > think that it will be hard to implement this features in nvidia cards, using > > nouveau project as a reference? > > yes, it would be quite tedious. the line between tedious and difficult > depends > on how much yo

[9fans] mulgen botch

2014-03-20 Thread cinap_lenrek
multiplication by the constant 0 yields an "mulgen botch" error in 6c and 8c. this is probably a very rare case mostly used during debugging... would this be worth fixing? and if yes, would the fix below be in the right place? theres a patch: --- a/sys/src/cmd/6c/cgen.c Wed Mar 19 21:15:43 2

[9fans] usb/kb

2014-03-20 Thread erik quanstrom
i've made some improvements to 9atom's usb/kb. they're a little extensive, so i thought i'd request some feedback before i start sending patches to sources. the code is all in atom. the reason i embarked on this was because the keypad wouldn't work, and kb didn't play nice with japanese keyboard

Re: [9fans] Multi monitor setup

2014-03-20 Thread erik quanstrom
> Ok, I understeand. So, maybe it's a good idea as a gsoc proposal. Do you > think that it will be hard to implement this features in nvidia cards, using > nouveau project as a reference? yes, it would be quite tedious. the line between tedious and difficult depends on how much you can keep in y

Re: [9fans] Multi monitor setup

2014-03-20 Thread Szymon Olewniczak
>> is there any support to dual monitor setup? > >no. > >> Can I rotate monitor in plan 9? > >no. > >> How does support of video cards looks like in general? > >poor. > >see /sys/src/9/pc/vga*.c files. most of these are very old. the only >realiable way to use a video card on 32- and 64-bit intel p

Re: [9fans] Multi monitor setup

2014-03-20 Thread Nick Owens
> is there any support to dual monitor setup? no. > Can I rotate monitor in plan 9? no. > How does support of video cards looks like in general? poor. see /sys/src/9/pc/vga*.c files. most of these are very old. the only realiable way to use a video card on 32- and 64-bit intel platforms is to