1 files changed, 7 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/src/ninep/testing.zig b/src/ninep/testing.zig
index ad1d84e4..44329eee 100644
--- a/src/ninep/testing.zig
+++ b/src/ninep/testing.zig
@@ -69,26 +69,14 @@ pub fn look_up(p: *Pardes, dir: u64, name: []const u8) Answer {
     return call(p, .{ .tag = 3, .op = .lookup, .node = dir, .data = name });
 }
 
-/// Creates a pane in /pane, as a client's mkdir does, and returns its serial.
+/// Makes a pane the way a client does, by walking to /pane/new, and answers
+/// the serial of the pane the walk landed on.
+/// The open is what makes the pane; the handle it answers is the serial, which
+/// is also what a read of that fid reports.
 pub fn newPane(p: *Pardes) !u32 {
-    const made = mkdir(p, "scratch");
-    if (made.reply.status != .ok) return error.NoPane;
-    const target = tree.Node.target(made.reply.attr.node) orelse return error.NoPane;
-    return switch (target) {
-        .pane => |t| t.serial,
-        .top => error.NoPane,
-    };
-}
-
-pub fn mkdir(p: *Pardes, name: []const u8) Answer {
-    return call(p, .{
-        .tag = 9,
-        .op = .open,
-        .node = @intFromEnum(tree.TopFile.pane),
-        .data = name,
-        .create = true,
-        .perm = 0x8000_0000 | 0o755,
-    });
+    const made = call(p, .{ .tag = 8, .op = .open, .node = @intFromEnum(tree.TopFile.new) });
+    if (made.reply.status != .ok or made.reply.handle == 0) return error.NoPane;
+    return made.reply.handle;
 }
 
 pub fn rmdir(p: *Pardes, node: u64) Answer {