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author | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2007-09-14 16:35:32 +0200 |
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committer | Thomas Schwinge <tschwinge@gnu.org> | 2007-09-14 16:35:32 +0200 |
commit | 9cedf47ebaebf9224fbbb9670001567098943d79 (patch) | |
tree | ad21162d63654cfc32babf8b4944f31febd22b0c /microkernel | |
parent | bef9a2b0c49d190d384f21e85e4f5e7728dfaac1 (diff) |
Rename some pages to be more consistent.
Diffstat (limited to 'microkernel')
-rw-r--r-- | microkernel/mach/concepts.mdwn | 11 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | microkernel/mach/external_pager_mechanism.mdwn (renamed from microkernel/mach/externalpagermechanism.mdwn) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | microkernel/mach/port.mdwn | 10 |
3 files changed, 10 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/microkernel/mach/concepts.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/concepts.mdwn index f81e4e4f..04dbb1c6 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/concepts.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/concepts.mdwn @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ -[[Mach]] is a first-generation [[microkernel]]. Mach's basic abstractions include -[[AddressSpace]]s in the form of [[Mach/Task]]s, execution contexts in the -form of threads, [[Mach/IPC]], [[capabilities]] in the form of -[[Mach/Ports]], and [[Mach/MemoryObjects]], which enable -Mach's [[Mach/ExternalPagerMechanism]]. +[[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]]. -Mach's API is well-[[documented|Mach/Documentation]].
\ No newline at end of file +Mach's [[API]] is well-[[documented|documentation]]. diff --git a/microkernel/mach/externalpagermechanism.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/external_pager_mechanism.mdwn index 169745fb..169745fb 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/externalpagermechanism.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/external_pager_mechanism.mdwn diff --git a/microkernel/mach/port.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/port.mdwn index 47ef427a..5dcc9ba3 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/port.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/port.mdwn @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ your rights under copyright, including the rights to copy, modify, and redistribute your contributions. """]] -Mach ports are [[capabilities]]. +Mach ports are [[capabilities|capability]]. A Mach port is a kernel queue. Each port has associated with it a receive right and one or more send and send-once rights. @@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ a single message). Enqueuing a message is equivalent to [[invoke|invoking]] a capability. Send and receive rights are named using local names. Each -task has associated with it a port address space. A ports +task has associated with it a port [[address_space]]. A ports are addressed via this table. Each task thus has its own -private [[NamingContext]] for ports. +private [[naming_context]] for ports. -Ports can be [[delegate]]d in an IPC message. When the +Ports can be [[delegate]]d in an [[IPC]] message. When the receiver dequeues the message, the right is made available to it. -A thread can only block receiving on a single port. To work +A [[thread]] can only block receiving on a single port. To work around this, the concept of a port set was introduced. A receive right can be added to (at most) one port set. When a thread receives from a port set, it dequeues from any of the ports that |