Disappointment for NetBSD users

[sergei karhof]

I regret having to share with you this piece of news: the
Lua-in-Kernel project on NetBSD is no longer maintained. I don't know
if it has been abandoned for good or may be resumed at a later date.
What is confirmed is that Marc, the maintainer, has abandoned the
project. As far as I know, nobody else has stepped in. What a pity.
For those who were not familiar with the idea, the Lua-in-Kernel
project (also called Lunatik) aimed at rendering the NetBSD kernel
scriptable with Lua, so that the kernel functioning could be easily
tweaked on-the-fly with a simple script.
Any volunteers willing to step in?

[Rena]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 04:16, sergei karhof <[hidden email]> wrote:

> I regret having to share with you this piece of news: the
> Lua-in-Kernel project on NetBSD is no longer maintained. I don't know
> if it has been abandoned for good or may be resumed at a later date.
> What is confirmed is that Marc, the maintainer, has abandoned the
> project. As far as I know, nobody else has stepped in. What a pity.
> For those who were not familiar with the idea, the Lua-in-Kernel
> project (also called Lunatik) aimed at rendering the NetBSD kernel
> scriptable with Lua, so that the kernel functioning could be easily
> tweaked on-the-fly with a simple script.
> Any volunteers willing to step in?
>

I don't know enough about BSD or kernels to do such a thing, but I did
think it was a really interesting project. In theory you could have a
whole OS written in Lua, save for some C code to provide interfaces to
the hardware...

--
Sent from my toaster.

[Kooda]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:16:08AM +0100, sergei karhof wrote:

> I regret having to share with you this piece of news: the
> Lua-in-Kernel project on NetBSD is no longer maintained. I don't know
> if it has been abandoned for good or may be resumed at a later date.
> What is confirmed is that Marc, the maintainer, has abandoned the
> project. As far as I know, nobody else has stepped in. What a pity.
> For those who were not familiar with the idea, the Lua-in-Kernel
> project (also called Lunatik) aimed at rendering the NetBSD kernel
> scriptable with Lua, so that the kernel functioning could be easily
> tweaked on-the-fly with a simple script.
> Any volunteers willing to step in?
>

That’s a shame… I was really interested in this project, as a NetBSD and Lua
lover…
If anybody take this project back, I’ll be glad to contribute, but I’m not
experienced enough to do it entierly on my own.

[Waitman Gobble]

On Mar 22, 2012 4:43 AM, "Kooda" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:16:08AM +0100, sergei karhof wrote:
> > I regret having to share with you this piece of news: the
> > Lua-in-Kernel project on NetBSD is no longer maintained. I don't know
> > if it has been abandoned for good or may be resumed at a later date.
> > What is confirmed is that Marc, the maintainer, has abandoned the
> > project. As far as I know, nobody else has stepped in. What a pity.
> > For those who were not familiar with the idea, the Lua-in-Kernel
> > project (also called Lunatik) aimed at rendering the NetBSD kernel
> > scriptable with Lua, so that the kernel functioning could be easily
> > tweaked on-the-fly with a simple script.
> > Any volunteers willing to step in?
> >
>
> That’s a shame… I was really interested in this project, as a NetBSD and Lua
> lover…
> If anybody take this project back, I’ll be glad to contribute, but I’m not
> experienced enough to do it entierly on my own.
>
>
Hi,

i am working on a "HyPhy" BSD project, which is FreeBSD 10.0-CURRENT / CVS HEAD sources with updated GPLv3 sources merged in. definitely not a GSOC project lol.

i'll find some time this weekend to see about merging the Lunatik code into the kernel.

Waitman Gobble
San Jose California USA

[sergei karhof]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Waitman Gobble <[hidden email]> wrote:

> i'll find some time this weekend to see about merging the Lunatik code into
> the kernel.

You mean into the FreeBSD kernel, of course, don't you?

[Waitman Gobble]

On Mar 22, 2012 7:40 AM, "sergei karhof" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 3:16 PM, Waitman Gobble <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> > i'll find some time this weekend to see about merging the Lunatik code into
> > the kernel.
>
> You mean into the FreeBSD kernel, of course, don't you?
>

Hi,

yes, it's the FreeBSD kernel. so far i've been tinkering with obliterating userland :) but now getting to the point of fiddling with the kernel. The machine still boots and runs.

Waitman

[Axel Kittenberger]

Its sad, but honestly I didn't quite get the point. Nowadays (at least
on Linux) there are very few things you couldn't do in a userspace
process. This includes User space drivers. The only thing you can't do
is interrupt handling, and I don't believe that an interrupt handler
is one the things you would have Lua in it anyway.

> I don't know enough about BSD or kernels to do such a thing, but I did
> think it was a really interesting project. In theory you could have a
> whole OS written in Lua, save for some C code to provide interfaces to
> the hardware...

That would be a Mach kernel, where the other drivers being infact
processes would be coded in Lua.
PS: Please don't say three times Beattlejuice and have that "Lua OS"
guy popping back.

[sergei karhof]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 9:31 PM, Axel Kittenberger <[hidden email]> wrote:

> PS: Please don't say three times Beattlejuice and have that "Lua OS"
> guy popping back.

LOL!!

[Alexander Nasonov]

sergei karhof wrote:
> What is confirmed is that Marc, the maintainer, has abandoned the
> project.

He seems to disappear from NetBSD and lua-l lists. Do you know whether
he hosted the project somewhere with public access?

Alex

[sergei karhof]

On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 4:45 AM, Alexander Nasonov <[hidden email]> wrote:
> sergei karhof wrote:
>> What is confirmed is that Marc, the maintainer, has abandoned the
>> project.
>
> He seems to disappear from NetBSD and lua-l lists. Do you know whether
> he hosted the project somewhere with public access?

Don't know that. The best way is to contact him directly. You've got
his email, I assume (from the mailing list).

[Lourival Vieira Neto]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 7:16 AM, sergei karhof <[hidden email]> wrote:
> (...)
> Any volunteers willing to step in?

I'm one.. I want to retake my efforts. Can you help in something?

Cheers,
--
Lourival Vieira Neto

[Lourival Vieira Neto]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Waitman Gobble <[hidden email]> wrote:
> (...)
> i'll find some time this weekend to see about merging the Lunatik code into
> the kernel.

If you need any help, please, let me know..

Cheers,
--
Lourival Vieira Neto

[Lourival Vieira Neto]

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 8:42 AM, Kooda <[hidden email]> wrote:
> (...)
> That’s a shame… I was really interested in this project, as a NetBSD and Lua
> lover…
> If anybody take this project back, I’ll be glad to contribute, but I’m not
> experienced enough to do it entierly on my own.

All help is welcome =). Feel free to contact me directly.

Cheers,
--
Lourival Vieira Neto

[Waitman Gobble]

On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Lourival Vieira Neto <[hidden email]> wrote:

On Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Waitman Gobble <[hidden email]> wrote:
> (...)

> i'll find some time this weekend to see about merging the Lunatik code into
> the kernel.

If you need any help, please, let me know..

Cheers,
--
Lourival Vieira Neto

Thank you.

I presume the latest and greatest code is on http://netbsd-soc.sourceforge.net/projects/luakern/

Waitman Gobble

San Jose California USA

[Marc Balmer]

Am 24.03.2012 04:45, schrieb Alexander Nasonov:
> sergei karhof wrote:
>> What is confirmed is that Marc, the maintainer, has abandoned the
>> project.
>
> He seems to disappear from NetBSD and lua-l lists. Do you know whether
> he hosted the project somewhere with public access?

FWIW, I am still on lua-l ;)  And any rumors of my death are greatly
exaggerated...

[Waitman Gobble]

On Mar 25, 2012 1:34 AM, "Marc Balmer" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> Am 24.03.2012 04:45, schrieb Alexander Nasonov:
>
>> sergei karhof wrote:
>>>
>>> What is confirmed is that Marc, the maintainer, has abandoned the
>>> project.
>>
>>
>> He seems to disappear from NetBSD and lua-l lists. Do you know whether
>> he hosted the project somewhere with public access?
>
>
> FWIW, I am still on lua-l ;)  And any rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated...
>
>

update, i merged into 10.0-current src on a "stock" 386 machine, (not tinkered with) and have an initial list of things to track down. might not get back to it till wednesday.

Waitman Gobble
San Jose California USA

[Lourival Vieira Neto]

On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Waitman Gobble <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Thank you.

you're welcome..

> I presume the latest and greatest code is on
> http://netbsd-soc.sourceforge.net/projects/luakern/

yes.

Cheers,
--
Lourival Vieira Neto

[Waitman Gobble]

On Mar 27, 2012 9:32 AM, "Lourival Vieira Neto" <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Waitman Gobble <[hidden email]> wrote:
> > Thank you.
>
> you're welcome..
>
> > I presume the latest and greatest code is on
> > http://netbsd-soc.sourceforge.net/projects/luakern/
>
> yes.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Lourival Vieira Neto
>

awesome, that's the place i got the code :)

Waitman

[Marc Balmer]

Am 27.03.2012 18:30, schrieb Lourival Vieira Neto:
> On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Waitman Gobble<[hidden email]>  wrote:
>> Thank you.
>
> you're welcome..
>
>> I presume the latest and greatest code is on
>> http://netbsd-soc.sourceforge.net/projects/luakern/
>
> yes.

The latest and greatest code has not been released or published
anywhere, fwiw.

[Lourival Vieira Neto]

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Marc Balmer <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Am 27.03.2012 18:30, schrieb Lourival Vieira Neto:
>
>> On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 9:44 PM, Waitman Gobble<[hidden email]>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>
>>
>> you're welcome..
>>
>>> I presume the latest and greatest code is on
>>> http://netbsd-soc.sourceforge.net/projects/luakern/
>>
>>
>> yes.
>
>
> The latest and greatest code has not been released or published anywhere,
> fwiw.

see http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~uno/programs.html ;-)

--
Lourival Vieira Neto