Re: [9fans] Small Plan 9 Platforms

2015-08-07 Thread lucio
> this board has quite a number of features, and might be useful for > education if the cost isn't prohibitive. The list is impressive and the schematics ought to make things simpler, but will support for Plan 9 be a real possibility? Persoanlly, I think Gbit ether is essential and a second ether

Re: [9fans] Small Plan 9 Platforms

2015-08-07 Thread da Tyga
Hi Brian, Plan 9 works really well on a Raspberry Pi B for me. Haven't tried it on a RasPi 2 yet though. I would be rather cautious about so called compatible products. I have yet to meet a product that is truly compatible and the quirks tend to take up a disproportionate amount of time to reso

Re: [9fans] Small Plan 9 Platforms

2015-08-07 Thread Nick Owens
brian, i have started work on porting 9front to http://www.elinux.org/MIPS_Creator_CI20. this board has quite a number of features, and might be useful for education if the cost isn't prohibitive. nick On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 6:09 PM, Brian L. Stuart wrote: > I'm teaching a special topics cours

Re: [9fans] Small Plan 9 Platforms

2015-08-07 Thread Joseph Stewart
Brian, does your uni let you publish your curriculum or course notes? Is this something you've ever considered? -joe On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Brian L. Stuart wrote: > I'm teaching a special topics course this fall I'm > calling Computing in the Small. Right now, I'm > leaning toward cond

Re: [9fans] Small Plan 9 Platforms

2015-08-07 Thread Charles Forsyth
On 7 August 2015 at 18:13, Brian L. Stuart wrote: > So depending > on where plan9-bcm stands, it might be just right. > That seems to be an old version of /sys/src/9/bcm (perhaps with modifications) so Richard Miller's version in contrib will be more up-to-date, I think.

Re: [9fans] Small Plan 9 Platforms

2015-08-07 Thread Brian L. Stuart
On Thu, 8/6/15, lu...@proxima.alt.za wrote: > Olimex in Bulgaria manufacture and market worldwide a very wide > range of AVR and ARM based boards and peripherals.  They target > the DIY market.  Pay their site (olimex.com works for me) a visit. They do look interesting, and I like their intention

Re: [9fans] Small Plan 9 Platforms

2015-08-07 Thread Brian L. Stuart
On Wed, 8/5/15, Skip Tavakkolian wrote: > RPI's running something like plan9-bcm (check github) where gpio > is exposed should work. I'm going to try plan9-bcm this weekend; > i'll keep you posted. Thanks for the pointer. I'll definitely check that out. I'm hoping to expose them to a little bit

Re: [9fans] Small Plan 9 Platforms

2015-08-07 Thread Brian L. Stuart
On Wed, 8/5/15, Charles Forsyth wrote: > I think the big advantage of the Rpi or Rpi2 (for speed, > memory and cores)is that there's a wealth of published > projects for them, including hardware ones, and other stuff, > and they aren't likely to go away. It's true that lacking SATA > and Gb Ether