Re: [9fans] Support for Mac OS X Leopard

2007-09-30 Thread Russ Cox
>> the right thing to do is to fix timesync to notice >> such jumps and write them off as suspend/resume >> instead of assuming that the cpu has gotten *very* slow. > > timesync still needs to set the correct time (a system which was > suspended for, say, 10 hours will live 10 hours in the past).

Re: [9fans] Support for Mac OS X Leopard

2007-09-30 Thread andrey mirtchovski
> the right thing to do is to fix timesync to notice > such jumps and write them off as suspend/resume > instead of assuming that the cpu has gotten *very* slow. timesync still needs to set the correct time (a system which was suspended for, say, 10 hours will live 10 hours in the past). perhaps d

Re: [9fans] Support for Mac OS X Leopard

2007-09-30 Thread Russ Cox
> if you don't mind your parallels p9 to run with the wrong time you can > simply stop timesync and you'll have no issues with suspend/restart. > the problem is that when timesync puts the new time in after a suspend > the system recalculated the cpu clock rate and forces it down the > cpu's throat

Re: [9fans] Support for Mac OS X Leopard

2007-09-30 Thread Jack Johnson
On 9/29/07, andrey mirtchovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > devcons.c:^writebintime forces a new clock frequency down the kernel's > > throat at the writer's behest. the writer in this case is timesync... > > perhaps it shouldn't be allowed to do so? > > i don't know a solution, i simply avoid ru

Re: [9fans] Support for Mac OS X Leopard

2007-09-29 Thread andrey mirtchovski
> the system recalculated the cpu clock rate and forces it down the > cpu's throat, which causes time to run much faster than usual. that statement is incorrect, the throat belongs to the kernel. sorry :)

Re: [9fans] Support for Mac OS X Leopard

2007-09-29 Thread andrey mirtchovski
On 9/29/07, Francisco J Ballesteros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I´m using both a macbook pro and a macbook regularly. > Plan9 on Parallels works fine, although time does funny things when > you suspend (I do not) and some times parallels crashes (not plan 9) when > you start it. > if you don't m

Re: [9fans] Support for Mac OS X Leopard

2007-09-29 Thread Francisco J Ballesteros
I´m using both a macbook pro and a macbook regularly. Plan9 on Parallels works fine, although time does funny things when you suspend (I do not) and some times parallels crashes (not plan 9) when you start it. On 9/29/07, Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Andrey, > > Than

Re: [9fans] Support for Mac OS X Leopard

2007-09-29 Thread Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
Hi Andrey, Thanks for the quick reply. On 9/29/07, andrey mirtchovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Can I safely assume I will be able to run Plan9 on a VM like > > Parallels on the Mac with OS X Leopard? > > yes (it doesn't depend on plan9, but rather on Parallels running under > Leopard). Y

Re: [9fans] Support for Mac OS X Leopard

2007-09-29 Thread andrey mirtchovski
> - Can I safely assume I will be able to run Plan9 on a VM like > Parallels on the Mac with OS X Leopard? yes (it doesn't depend on plan9, but rather on Parallels running under Leopard). > - Any idea when plan9port, Inferno, and drawterm will be available for > Leopard? right after leopard is

[9fans] Support for Mac OS X Leopard

2007-09-29 Thread Tharaneedharan Vilwanathan
Hi, For a long time, I was interested in trying a Mac PC. I have decided on the Mac Mini and I am just waiting for the release of Mac OS X Leopard. Here are my questions related to the support of Plan9, Plan9 port and Inferno on this platform: - Can I safely assume I will be able to run Plan9 on