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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2013-07-21 15:35:02 -0400 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2013-07-21 15:35:02 -0400 |
| commit | 9933cec0a18ae2a3d752f269d1bb12c19f51199d (patch) | |
| tree | cc30f2d56b87d3896e460a58b76e964231c0d578 /capability.mdwn | |
| parent | 65efe654a9cb0b682efa9bf21065469a2e9147f4 (diff) | |
IRC.
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diff --git a/capability.mdwn b/capability.mdwn index 7219cdce..0ebe5cd4 100644 --- a/capability.mdwn +++ b/capability.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, -Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013 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 @@ -77,6 +77,22 @@ port|microkernel/mach/port]]. As in UNIX (see above), they are not [[persistent|persistency]]. +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-07-01 + + <nlightnfotis> I have read plenty of documents, and wrapped my head around + most Hurd concepts, but I still have not understood well what + capabilities are. + <youpi> Mmm, which capabilities? + <youpi> AIUI, the Hurd doesn't really have a notion of capabilites, just a + notion of owning a port right + <nlightnfotis> From what I have understood (from the critique) they + reference ports so they objects can be referenced via them + <youpi> (which provides processes a way for doing things) + <youpi> ok, so we are talking about the same thing, I guess + <nlightnfotis> ahh, that's cool. I thought there was more to the story that + I couldn't understand + + # Further Reading * [[Mach port|microkernel/mach/port]] |