[PATCH] docs/filesystems/9p: fix broken external links

[PATCH] docs/filesystems/9p: fix broken external links

[Aayush Patil]

The xcpu.org links for xcpu-talk, kvmfs, and cellfs-talk are dead
with no archived snapshots available on the Wayback Machine, so
remove them. The PROSE I/O link redirects to a dead server; replace
it with an archived version from web.archive.org.S

Signed-off-by: Aayush Patil <aayushpatilsch@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst
index be3504ca034a..65809a1dad21 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst
@@ -23,13 +23,10 @@ the 9p client is available in the form of a USENIX paper:
 Other applications are described in the following papers:
 
 	* XCPU & Clustering
-	  http://xcpu.org/papers/xcpu-talk.pdf
 	* KVMFS: control file system for KVM
-	  http://xcpu.org/papers/kvmfs.pdf
 	* CellFS: A New Programming Model for the Cell BE
-	  http://xcpu.org/papers/cellfs-talk.pdf
 	* PROSE I/O: Using 9p to enable Application Partitions
-	  http://plan9.escet.urjc.es/iwp9/cready/PROSE_iwp9_2006.pdf
+	  http://web.archive.org/web/20110101152020/http://plan9.escet.urjc.es/iwp9/cready/PROSE_iwp9_2006.pdf
 	* VirtFS: A Virtualization Aware File System pass-through
 	  https://kernel.org/doc/ols/2010/ols2010-pages-109-120.pdf
 
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Re: [PATCH] docs/filesystems/9p: fix broken external links

[Dominique Martinet]

Aayush Patil wrote on Sun, May 10, 2026 at 11:58:56PM +0530:
> The xcpu.org links for xcpu-talk, kvmfs, and cellfs-talk are dead
> with no archived snapshots available on the Wayback Machine, so
> remove them. The PROSE I/O link redirects to a dead server; replace
> it with an archived version from web.archive.org.S

(I assume the final S is a typo here)

Eric, it looks like you're the one who added these links, would you
happen to have a copy around if you care about keeping these?
Otherwise I'm not sure of the value of listing the papers without the
actual files available, but I don't mind either way.

I agree dead links are of little value though so will pick this up if
there's no reply in a while

> 
> Signed-off-by: Aayush Patil <aayushpatilsch@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst | 5 +----
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst
> index be3504ca034a..65809a1dad21 100644
> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst
> @@ -23,13 +23,10 @@ the 9p client is available in the form of a USENIX paper:
>  Other applications are described in the following papers:
>  
>  	* XCPU & Clustering
> -	  http://xcpu.org/papers/xcpu-talk.pdf

I found http://mirtchovski.postnix.pw/p9/xcpu-talk.pdf but I'm not sure
if it's the same file

>  	* KVMFS: control file system for KVM
> -	  http://xcpu.org/papers/kvmfs.pdf

Looks close but perhaps not the same as
https://www.kernel.org/doc/ols/2007/ols2007v2-pages-59-64.pdf ?

>  	* CellFS: A New Programming Model for the Cell BE
> -	  http://xcpu.org/papers/cellfs-talk.pdf

Couldn't find anything fo this one

>  	* PROSE I/O: Using 9p to enable Application Partitions
> -	  http://plan9.escet.urjc.es/iwp9/cready/PROSE_iwp9_2006.pdf
> +	  http://web.archive.org/web/20110101152020/http://plan9.escet.urjc.es/iwp9/cready/PROSE_iwp9_2006.pdf
>  	* VirtFS: A Virtualization Aware File System pass-through
>  	  https://kernel.org/doc/ols/2010/ols2010-pages-109-120.pdf
>  

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Dominique Martinet | Asmadeus

Re: [PATCH] docs/filesystems/9p: fix broken external links

[Aayush Patil]

Hi Dominique,

Thanks for the review! Yes, the trailing S is a typo.

Regarding the replacement links, should I include them in v2 or leave
those entries removed since you're not sure if they're the same files?
Happy to go either way.

Aayush


On Tue, 19 May 2026 at 19:14, Aayush Patil <aayushpatilsch@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Dominique,
>
> Thanks for the review!
>
> Regarding the replacement links, should I include them in v2 or leave those entries removed since you're not sure if they're the same files? Happy to go either way.
>
> Aayush
>
>
> On Tue, 19 May 2026 at 17:56, Dominique Martinet <asmadeus@codewreck.org> wrote:
>>
>> Aayush Patil wrote on Sun, May 10, 2026 at 11:58:56PM +0530:
>> > The xcpu.org links for xcpu-talk, kvmfs, and cellfs-talk are dead
>> > with no archived snapshots available on the Wayback Machine, so
>> > remove them. The PROSE I/O link redirects to a dead server; replace
>> > it with an archived version from web.archive.org.S
>>
>> (I assume the final S is a typo here)
>>
>> Eric, it looks like you're the one who added these links, would you
>> happen to have a copy around if you care about keeping these?
>> Otherwise I'm not sure of the value of listing the papers without the
>> actual files available, but I don't mind either way.
>>
>> I agree dead links are of little value though so will pick this up if
>> there's no reply in a while
>>
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Aayush Patil <aayushpatilsch@gmail.com>
>> > ---
>> >  Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst | 5 +----
>> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst
>> > index be3504ca034a..65809a1dad21 100644
>> > --- a/Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst
>> > +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/9p.rst
>> > @@ -23,13 +23,10 @@ the 9p client is available in the form of a USENIX paper:
>> >  Other applications are described in the following papers:
>> >
>> >       * XCPU & Clustering
>> > -       http://xcpu.org/papers/xcpu-talk.pdf
>>
>> I found http://mirtchovski.postnix.pw/p9/xcpu-talk.pdf but I'm not sure
>> if it's the same file
>>
>> >       * KVMFS: control file system for KVM
>> > -       http://xcpu.org/papers/kvmfs.pdf
>>
>> Looks close but perhaps not the same as
>> https://www.kernel.org/doc/ols/2007/ols2007v2-pages-59-64.pdf ?
>>
>> >       * CellFS: A New Programming Model for the Cell BE
>> > -       http://xcpu.org/papers/cellfs-talk.pdf
>>
>> Couldn't find anything fo this one
>>
>> >       * PROSE I/O: Using 9p to enable Application Partitions
>> > -       http://plan9.escet.urjc.es/iwp9/cready/PROSE_iwp9_2006.pdf
>> > +       http://web.archive.org/web/20110101152020/http://plan9.escet.urjc.es/iwp9/cready/PROSE_iwp9_2006.pdf
>> >       * VirtFS: A Virtualization Aware File System pass-through
>> >         https://kernel.org/doc/ols/2010/ols2010-pages-109-120.pdf
>> >
>>
>> --
>> Dominique Martinet | Asmadeus

Re: [PATCH] docs/filesystems/9p: fix broken external links

[Dominique Martinet]

Aayush Patil wrote on Tue, May 19, 2026 at 07:23:38PM +0530:
> Regarding the replacement links, should I include them in v2 or leave
> those entries removed since you're not sure if they're the same files?
> Happy to go either way.

This is fine as is, if Eric replies or someone wants to add the links
back we can always update again later

(I've also fixed the typo in commit message directly)

Thanks,
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Dominique Martinet | Asmadeus