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I can't really find the failures you mention in the links you provided, can you point me to a more definitive source? Rob Pike replies here[1] that direct fram
by dullgiulio 9y ago
I can't really find the failures you mention in the links you provided, can you point me to a more definitive source?
Rob Pike replies here[1] that direct framebuffer access and networking are easy to get as new devices, although they need to be made available by the kernel. The "everything is a file" mantra doesn't fail, why would it?
In the second link, Carmack just notices that plan9 is pretty dead, and we all know it is :)
[1] https://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=111558695515846&w=4 https://marc.info/?l=9fans&m=111558695515846&w=4
- pjmlp 9y agoIt fails because it doesn't match the performance that other approaches are able to achieve. Everything is a file is how X Windows over network kind of works. For real graphics performance that can match other systems, xshm and DRM had to be developed.