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author | Thomas Schwinge <schwinge@nic-nac-project.de> | 2009-10-14 10:54:37 +0200 |
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committer | Thomas Schwinge <schwinge@nic-nac-project.de> | 2009-10-14 10:54:37 +0200 |
commit | a02450df1d851dc70da630d9a8aaf5a472ec7cf5 (patch) | |
tree | b95fa4ce5fedccfb2fc3dad34116eda861e585d8 /hurd/translator.mdwn | |
parent | 74f5b4d5f4108ced7ad24ead53a3ba5a39497405 (diff) | |
parent | c2724866ae27469c32ac4c123c4fe727927d52f6 (diff) |
Merge branch 'master' into master-news_next
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diff --git a/hurd/translator.mdwn b/hurd/translator.mdwn index 4995a005..e567938f 100644 --- a/hurd/translator.mdwn +++ b/hurd/translator.mdwn @@ -33,6 +33,17 @@ kernel and thus have absolute access to the machine. As the protocols do not require any special privilege to implement, this is not an issue on the Hurd. +In Mach parlance, a *translator* is what they name a *server*: a process that +participates in [[RPC]] interactions. In the Hurd, a translator is a server +that is additionally attached to a filesystem node. Thus, it is quite common, +even in the Hurd context, to speak about *server*s if you're stressing the RPC +part, and on the other hand about *translator*s if you're stressing the +filesystem part: a translator implements the [[interface/fs]] and +[[interface/io]] interfaces. For example: *the [[pfinet]] server implements +the socket API calls (which are mapped by [[glibc]] to equivalent RPC calls)*, +compared to *a [[libdiskfs]]-based translator implements a filesystem, based on +a backing store*. + To learn how to write a translator, read the code! It is well documented, in particular, the header files. The [[Hurd_Hacking_Guide]] also has a tutorial. @@ -73,7 +84,7 @@ Read about translator [[short-circuiting]]. * [[cvsfs]] * [[tmpfs]] * [[procfs]] -* [[unionmount]] +* [[nsmux]] * ... |