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<apteryx_>in the context of evaluating expressions in Shepherd for in system tests, there's 'eval-there' from (gnu services herd) <ZhaoM>When I write an in-tree server that supports ioctl, what is the best way to check ioctl() will work on it? Compile and make install then write a small program running ioctl? <ZhaoM>please ignore my last question, I just solved the issue :) <hakanrw>has there been any plans for a experimental risc-v port of Hurd? <youpi>I haven't seen anybody thinking about it <youpi>like all such ideas, it's mostly a matter of somebody motivated enough to do it <hakanrw>does hurd currently work on any current arm SBCs, or is it VM-only? <youpi>I don't know if it was tried on real hardware <youpi>that's the kind of thing that is difficult with all the possibly-underdocumented devicetree things etc. <hakanrw>what about amd64? is it probable that a generic laptop might boot hurd? <youpi>the i386 images does boot fine on the various amd64 laptops I've had <youpi>I haven't tried the amd64 image on my laptop <hakanrw>thanks for the link. my expectations are very, very low; so if it even boots and displays anything, i'd be happy <youpi>the link was already in the topic <solid_black>re: riscv: anatoly was working on a gnumach port, if memory serves me right <solid_black>and there was another attempt done by someone else too <AlmuHS>solid_black: i want to do my PhD about a Hurd port to RISC V. If someone is working in it, we can work together <hakanrw>what is the latest status of the USB support? drivers page from september mentions ongoing work being done <hakanrw>searching for irc logs yielded some results from damo22 from last year where they mention sending a patch for usb impl :) <gnucode>off topic: I started reading a book today. "Switch" by Chip Heath & Dan Heath <gnucode>It's talking about how to change (better yourself) when change is hard.