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Welcome to discussions and questions the Inferno distributed operating system, including the Limbo programming language.

See http://inferno-os.org for information and documentation.

The source and system are available at http://inferno-os.googlecode.com/ and at http://inferno-os.org/inferno/downloads.html.

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da...@boddie.org.uk, Charles Forsyth11

Sep 30

ARM Thumb assembler

Well, I largely ignored Thumb when it first appeared. I watched this talk recently: A History of The

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ARM Thumb assembler

Well, I largely ignored Thumb when it first appeared. I watched this talk recently: A History of The

Sep 30

Go Phone, Charles Forsyth2

Sep 23

SMTPD implementations on inferno?

Not that I know. On Sun, 12 Sept 2021 at 22:24, Go Phone <gophone2015@gmail.com> wrote: Hello,

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SMTPD implementations on inferno?

Not that I know. On Sun, 12 Sept 2021 at 22:24, Go Phone <gophone2015@gmail.com> wrote: Hello,

Sep 23

Go Phone, … clasp126...@icebubble.org7

Sep 20

inferno secstored?

Go Phone <gophone2015@gmail.com> writes: > It does not make sense to me to store the key to

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inferno secstored?

Go Phone <gophone2015@gmail.com> writes: > It does not make sense to me to store the key to

Sep 20

Ben Huntsman, hiro2

Sep 12

Inferno development

it's still charles forsyth who has the main inferno branch. which forks and changes are you

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Inferno development

it's still charles forsyth who has the main inferno branch. which forks and changes are you

Sep 12

Go Phone

Sep 11

Machine specific startup configuration

Hello Charles, forum, What is a good place to put machine specific startup configuration scripts (

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Machine specific startup configuration

Hello Charles, forum, What is a good place to put machine specific startup configuration scripts (

Sep 11

Ben Huntsman

Sep 9

amd64 MacOSX

Hi guys! I've seen various mentions of it, and I'd heard from Charles a few weeks ago that

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amd64 MacOSX

Hi guys! I've seen various mentions of it, and I'd heard from Charles a few weeks ago that

Sep 9

Go Phone, Charles Forsyth4

Sep 7

ventisrv(8)

It's almost certainly an oversight that it wasn't merged into the main tree years ago. On Tue

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ventisrv(8)

It's almost certainly an oversight that it wasn't merged into the main tree years ago. On Tue

Sep 7

da...@boddie.org.uk, Go Phone3

Sep 4

Updated version of the Dis Virtual Machine Specification

I promised that I'd write up something to fill in the gaps in the specification and haven't

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Updated version of the Dis Virtual Machine Specification

I promised that I'd write up something to fill in the gaps in the specification and haven't

Sep 4

Aaron....@student.nmt.edu, … da...@boddie.org.uk4

Aug 14

Q&A

Old Lucent Software

The second edition contains a packet filter: https://bitbucket.org/inferno-os/inferno-2e/src/master/

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Q&A

Old Lucent Software

The second edition contains a packet filter: https://bitbucket.org/inferno-os/inferno-2e/src/master/

Aug 14

Go Phone

Jul 24

bootstrapping native amd64 inferno

Hello, There is a native amd64 inferno booting to a shell prompt in vmx (9front's) hosted at http

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bootstrapping native amd64 inferno

Hello, There is a native amd64 inferno booting to a shell prompt in vmx (9front's) hosted at http

Jul 24

Go Phone

Jul 24

Bug in disk/mkfs processing to a disk/kfs file system?

Hello, disk/mkfs updates the mtime after creating a directory or file. But, disk/kfs does not allow

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Bug in disk/mkfs processing to a disk/kfs file system?

Hello, disk/mkfs updates the mtime after creating a directory or file. But, disk/kfs does not allow

Jul 24

Go Phone, bhgv4

Jul 15

mount kfs file to /n/local

> I want to know the proper/inferno way of splitting the mount -c {disk/kfs kfs.file} /n/local so

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mount kfs file to /n/local

> I want to know the proper/inferno way of splitting the mount -c {disk/kfs kfs.file} /n/local so

Jul 15

Go Phone, … bhgv6

Jul 15

namespace loaded by wm/logon

> That would fix it. It's just really weird for beginners but the simple ability to have

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namespace loaded by wm/logon

> That would fix it. It's just really weird for beginners but the simple ability to have

Jul 15

Go Phone, … Valery Ushakov7

Jul 9

weird behaviour with os

Yes, I see this on both NetBSD and Linux (64-bit host, 32-bit inferno). On Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at

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weird behaviour with os

Yes, I see this on both NetBSD and Linux (64-bit host, 32-bit inferno). On Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at

Jul 9

Go Phone

Jul 8

Patches to get acme to work with plumbed addresses

Please find attached the patches to get acme to work with the plumber on inferno-os

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Patches to get acme to work with plumbed addresses

Please find attached the patches to get acme to work with the plumber on inferno-os

Jul 8

Paul Dufresne, … bhgv3

Jul 1

Neither Plan9 nor Inferno have a package manager?

perhaps the following option will suit you. you put your programs where you like. then, use the bind

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Neither Plan9 nor Inferno have a package manager?

perhaps the following option will suit you. you put your programs where you like. then, use the bind

Jul 1

Paul Dufresne, … bhgv6

Jun 30

mkconfig: OBJTYPE=$objtype does not work for me

> rc is the Plan9 shell, and it is so much different than BASH that it seems justified to have

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mkconfig: OBJTYPE=$objtype does not work for me

> rc is the Plan9 shell, and it is so much different than BASH that it seems justified to have

Jun 30

Hendrik Boom, … Paul Dufresne5

Jun 30

Re: [inferno-os] Only change mkconfig before ./makemk ?

I can only suppose things have evolved this way: 1) in ancient times, there was only the makemk.sh

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Re: [inferno-os] Only change mkconfig before ./makemk ?

I can only suppose things have evolved this way: 1) in ancient times, there was only the makemk.sh

Jun 30

Paul Dufresne, Go Phone10

Jun 27

mk install: multiple definitions of coherence

I have now discovered https://bitbucket.org/inferno-os/inferno-os/issues/360/error-in-mk-install-in

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mk install: multiple definitions of coherence

I have now discovered https://bitbucket.org/inferno-os/inferno-os/issues/360/error-in-mk-install-in

Jun 27

Paul Dufresne

Jun 26

but now... so many errors!

/usr/bin/ld: cgen.o: in function `sugen': /home/paul/inferno-os/utils/5c/cgen.c:855: undefined

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but now... so many errors!

/usr/bin/ld: cgen.o: in function `sugen': /home/paul/inferno-os/utils/5c/cgen.c:855: undefined

Jun 26

Paul Dufresne2

Jun 26

extern or EXTERN... and using git

I seems to have gone through this one with: https://gitlab.com/dufresnep/inferno-os/-/commit/

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extern or EXTERN... and using git

I seems to have gone through this one with: https://gitlab.com/dufresnep/inferno-os/-/commit/

Jun 26

Paul Dufresne3

Jun 26

mk install: fatal error: sys/cdefs.h: No such file or directory

the -lX11 and -Xext problem are solved by: sudo apt install libx11-dev:i386 sudo apt install libxext-

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mk install: fatal error: sys/cdefs.h: No such file or directory

the -lX11 and -Xext problem are solved by: sudo apt install libx11-dev:i386 sudo apt install libxext-

Jun 26

Paul Dufresne, Anthony Sorace4

Jun 26

makemk: cannot open /usr/inferno/mkfiles/mkhost-Linux: No such file

Oops, sorry, my bad! I had a gcc link on my DJGPP cross compiler on my path... fixed that. And now

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makemk: cannot open /usr/inferno/mkfiles/mkhost-Linux: No such file

Oops, sorry, my bad! I had a gcc link on my DJGPP cross compiler on my path... fixed that. And now

Jun 26

Go Phone, … Mart Zirnask7

Jun 25

Rio for inferno?

> Are you aware of any other efforts to expose the window operations as a device/file server

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Rio for inferno?

> Are you aware of any other efforts to expose the window operations as a device/file server

Jun 25

unixrules, … Go Phone3

Jun 22

Why is Limbo/tk PDF Documentation stiil emty ?

Is a soft copy of this book available online? The Inferno Programming Book: An Introduction to

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Why is Limbo/tk PDF Documentation stiil emty ?

Is a soft copy of this book available online? The Inferno Programming Book: An Introduction to

Jun 22

Franco Morales, … bhgv4

Jun 21

University project about Inferno

> File system: I found that it uses the 9P2000 protocol and uses a hierarchical tree... 9p/styx is

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University project about Inferno

> File system: I found that it uses the 9P2000 protocol and uses a hierarchical tree... 9p/styx is

Jun 21

chris glur, … Axel Belinfante6

Jun 17

Re: [inferno-os] Digest for inferno-os@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic

A long time ago wily was my main editor for quite a some time — until I think I got access to acme-

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Re: [inferno-os] Digest for inferno-os@googlegroups.com - 1 update in 1 topic

A long time ago wily was my main editor for quite a some time — until I think I got access to acme-

Jun 17

Go Phone, Ethan Gardener3

Jun 17

share a plumber across multiple emu instances and opening pdf files on host

On Wed, Jun 16, 2021, at 6:10 PM, Go Phone wrote: Hello, I want to: 1. Have 1 inferno plumber used by

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share a plumber across multiple emu instances and opening pdf files on host

On Wed, Jun 16, 2021, at 6:10 PM, Go Phone wrote: Hello, I want to: 1. Have 1 inferno plumber used by

Jun 17

Go Phone, … Ethan Gardener6

Jun 16

Why is there no devsnarf for Plan9 hosted inferno?

On Sat, Jun 12, 2021, at 5:19 PM, Go Phone wrote: Hello, There is no devsnarf for Plan9 hosted

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Why is there no devsnarf for Plan9 hosted inferno?

On Sat, Jun 12, 2021, at 5:19 PM, Go Phone wrote: Hello, There is no devsnarf for Plan9 hosted

Jun 16

Go Phone, da...@boddie.org.uk2

Jun 14

Which program starts the Plumber processes?

It looks like plumber is started in /lib/wmsetup. The wmsetup script is itself started by the toolbar

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Which program starts the Plumber processes?

It looks like plumber is started in /lib/wmsetup. The wmsetup script is itself started by the toolbar

Jun 14