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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:15:50 +0100
From: Al Viro <viro@ftp.linux.org.uk>
To: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
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Subject: Re: Plan 9 Resource Sharing Support - what is it?
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On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 09:54:34AM +0200, Pavel Machek wrote:
>   Plan 9 Resource Sharing Support (9P2000) (Experimental) (NET_9P)
> [N/m/y/?] (NEW) ?
> 
> If you say Y here, you will get experimental support for
> Plan 9 resource sharing via the 9P2000 protocol.
> 
> See <http://v9fs.sf.net> for more information.
> 
> If unsure, say N.
> 
> What is "plan 9 resource sharing"? Some kind of mosix-like process
> migration? Could you explain it in two lines in Kconfig?

9P is the protocol used by Plan 9 remote/userland filesystem servers.
FUSE is its considerably more bloated and less sane analog.