January 2017 (Feanor)

Updated to the latest GZ release of Plan 9 Front.

December 2016

Merged in the latest from /n/sources/contrib/miller/9/bcm
Added more content to the tutorial
Fixed boot problem with Raspberry Pi 3

November 2016 (Elros) RC4

This release includes an interactive tutorial that appears on startup (https://github.com/sirnewton01/p9-tutorial). Also, the 'hack' font for source code is included.

November 2016 (Elros) RC3

This release has the newest raspberry pi firmware from https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware

November 2016 (Elros) RC2

This release improves concurrency in ARMv7 raspberry pi boards and stability of USB. Also, the terminal window is placed closer to the middle of the screen to avoid overlapping with the stats window.

November 2016 (Elros) RC1

New features:

• Updated to the newest 9front 2016-10-27
• Discover other rpi-9front devices on the local network using 'find9p' command
• Easily 9fs mount other nearby devices (e.g. 9fs 169.254.1.121 and then look in /n)
• Go 1.7.3 is pre-installed
• Git script (from 9legacy.org, works with github and google source)

Notes:

• It's experimental
  • There are kernel bugs, especially on the quad core Raspberry Pi's with USB devices
• Hook only to trusted networks
  • Authentication is not yet enabled
  • Encryption is not yet enabled for 9p traffic
  • 9p access is to the entire filesystem and read/write
• See the plan9adapter project
  • Hook non-plan9 systems to the trusted network using link local ipv4 addressing (169.254.x.y) over ethernet
  • Route internet traffic by binding the net directory (e.g. bind /n/169.254.1.121/net /net; webfs &; mothra)
  • Update local clock (cat /n/169.254.1.121/dev/clock; echo 12... > /dev/clock)
  • Mount audio device (bind -a /n/169.254.1.121/dev /dev)

September 2016

This release includes a compressed disk image that can be written to an SD card (4GB or larger) for the Raspberry Pi 1, 2 or zero. It is based on the 9front 5492 iso.