Re: [9fans] some Plan9 related ideas

2005-08-30 Thread Francisco Ballesteros
Forgot to say, your "layout", we build by mounting whatever we want. We can mount all the devices at a single directory, or group them by location: for (l in $locations) mount -U /devs/x10!L$l /n/x10$l You can always automate this, thus there is no need for force or write a particular spec.

Re: [9fans] some Plan9 related ideas

2005-08-30 Thread Francisco Ballesteros
> > * Downloadable namespaces > > The namespace supported by a filesystem can be modified (possibly using a > > configuration file provided by the filesystem) to correspond to changes in > > system that the filesystem in encapsulating. > > Right now, Plan 9 interprets the file /lib/namespace when

Re: [9fans] some Plan9 related ideas

2005-08-30 Thread Sape Mullender
> I am a PhD student at Indiana University working on the application of > some Plan 9 related to the embedded domain. Specifically I am looking at > embedded debugging, configuration and device management using the > distributed virtual filesystem model. I have looked at a few > different types of

[9fans] some Plan9 related ideas

2005-08-29 Thread Bhanu Nagendra Pisupati
Hello, I am a PhD student at Indiana University working on the application of some Plan 9 related to the embedded domain. Specifically I am looking at embedded debugging, configuration and device management using the distributed virtual filesystem model. I have looked at a few different types of em