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| author | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2011-01-09 23:34:42 +0100 |
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| committer | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2011-01-09 23:34:42 +0100 |
| commit | f3df65ce34153357d28bee621bdf49b61e68b182 (patch) | |
| tree | 25ac416b157b010ca2f942dac5c5ba0b38a924ac /hurd/networking.mdwn | |
| parent | 09184ae09c44c052a207aa5c6dc8ce9cf61a343f (diff) | |
| parent | 3bbe62327128ce85829a4cb2fb429bd8f21b4d75 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' of flubber:~hurd-web/hurd-web
Diffstat (limited to 'hurd/networking.mdwn')
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/networking.mdwn | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/networking.mdwn b/hurd/networking.mdwn index ff16eb25..bdf9def2 100644 --- a/hurd/networking.mdwn +++ b/hurd/networking.mdwn @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2000, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2000, 2008, 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]]."]]"""]] +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] For each supported `PF_*` protocol family, there is a file `/servers/socket/N` where `N` is the numberic value fo the `PF_*` symbol. Right now @@ -17,10 +18,10 @@ where `N` is the numberic value fo the `PF_*` symbol. Right now User programs open those files, and use the `socket_create` [[RPC]] to make a new socket. With that socket, they can use the other `socket_*` RPCs and also the `io_*` RPCs. The `socket_*` RPCs are essentially clones of the [[Unix]] -syscalls in question. +[[system call]]s in question. The only exception is `sockaddrs`, which are implemented as [[ports|libports]] -instead of the opaque data arrays they are in the syscalls. You manipulate +instead of the opaque data arrays they are in the system calls. You manipulate `sockaddr` ports with the `socket_create_address`, `socket_fabricate_address`, and `socket_whatis_address` calls. The `sockaddr` port is then used in socket calls like `socket_connect` and `socket_accept`. |