June 6, 2026 at 11:36 AM, "Joshua Branson" <[email protected] mailto:[email protected]?to=%22Joshua%20Branson%22%20%3Cjbranso%40dismail.de%3E > wrote:
> > --- > open_issues/9pfs.mdwn | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 open_issues/9pfs.mdwn > > diff --git a/open_issues/9pfs.mdwn b/open_issues/9pfs.mdwn > new file mode 100644 > index 00000000..a4fe41f1 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/open_issues/9pfs.mdwn > @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ > +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] > + > +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable > +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify > this > +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 > or > +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no > Invariant > +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the > license > +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation > +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] > + > +Sergey wrote a [WIP 9pfs](https://github.com/bugaevc/9pfs) translator > +for the Hurd. 9P is a network protocol developed by Plan 9 that > +connects remote computers’ components. 9pfs is a 9P protocol client, > +which can read (write support is not yet implemented) remote > +directories. 9P is perhaps not as robust or as fault tolerant as NFS, > +but it is a rather simple an ingenious protocol that works well enough > +for most use cases. The Hurd’s NFSv3 translator is an alternative to > +9pfs. > + > +Sergey currently uses 9pfs to build software on the Hurd that is > +edited on GNU/Linux. You just need to spin up a 9P server on > +GNU/Linux. [diod](https://github.com/chaos/diod) is a good choice. > +But if the Hurd implemented `virtio-9p`, which qemu supports, then you > +would not need to run diod. > + > +Please note that you can do the same thing with the Hurd’s nfsv3 > +client, even though the Hurd’s nfsv3 only supports UDP. > + > +Once there exists a 9P server that runs on the Hurd the following > +would be possible. > + > +- GNU/Linux could read/write several Hurd vms’ filesystems. For this > +to work, a developer needs to port or write a 9P server for the > +GNU/Hurd. Once that 9P server worked, then GNU/Linux could mount the > +Hurd’s filesystem. You just specify that the [filesystem is > +9p](https://docs.kernel.org/filesystems/9p.html). > + > +- The GNU/Hurd could read/write several subhurds’ filesystems and vice > + versa. > -- > 2.53.0 This page would actually go better on hurd/translator/9pfs.html I can resend the patch, so Samuel you could swap it for me. Thanks, Joshua
