Sending 9load to /dev/null

by Iruatã Souza for Plan 9 from Bell Labs

9load, the Plan 9 kernel loader, suffer from some problems: - Since the code is not the same, kernel and 9load evolve at a different pace. For example, hardware configurations may be supported by the kernel and not by 9load. - boot parameters must reside in plan9.ini. The new boot process will be done by the kernel itself. It will then run a userland program which, in turn, will provide means of loading a configuration file or a final kernel.