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diff --git a/microkernel/mach/concepts.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/concepts.mdwn index 04dbb1c6..a9e8897d 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/concepts.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/concepts.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,25 @@ -[[Mach]] is a first-generation [[microkernel]]. Mach's basic abstractions -include [[address_space]]s in the form of [[task]]s, execution contexts in the -form of [[thread]]s, [[IPC]], [[capabilities|capability]] in the form of [[port]]s, and -[[memory_object]]s, which enable Mach's [[external_pager_mechanism]]. +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010 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]]."]]"""]] + +[[Mach]] is a first-generation [[microkernel]]. + +Mach's basic abstractions include [[virtual_address_space]]s in the form of +[[task]]s, execution contexts in the form of [[thread]]s, [[IPC]], +[[capabilities|capability]] in the form of [[port]]s, and [[memory_object]]s, +which enable Mach's [[external_pager_mechanism]]. + +Controlling [[task]]s, their [[virtual_address_space]], [[thread]]s, and other +system objects in Mach is implemented by using [[port]]s, as opposed to other +[[kernel]]s' [[system_call]] interface: almost all of the Mach API is +implemented by sending [[message]]s to [[port]]s. Device drivers that reside +in kernel space are controlled by ports, too. Mach's [[API]] is well-[[documented|documentation]]. |