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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2012-12-11 11:22:18 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2012-12-11 11:22:18 +0100 |
| commit | a61ab7b60a4f29bf7652aafea2319bdc11ab06d8 (patch) | |
| tree | d3eb5bef5cedae809d671aa9f8b6523c9000faf0 /microkernel | |
| parent | 1c36eb6c025084af76c5b930ca4adc5953560fd7 (diff) | |
| parent | 573d363a3458b8a37e6ec929c778dae8abf90fab (diff) | |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'feldtkeller.SCHWINGE/master'
Conflicts:
hurd/libstore/nbd_store.mdwn
open_issues/glibc.mdwn
open_issues/libpthread_CLOCK_MONOTONIC.mdwn
open_issues/packaging_libpthread.mdwn
shortcuts.mdwn
Diffstat (limited to 'microkernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | microkernel/mach/message.mdwn | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/microkernel/mach/message.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/message.mdwn index 6c6cfb1e..4c49af17 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/message.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/message.mdwn @@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] *Messages* are collections of typed data, with a defined layout, including an [[ID|msgh_id]]. -They are used for [[IPC]], and are sent to and received from [[port]]s. +They are used for [[IPC]], and are sent to and received from [[port]]s using +the `mach_msg` interface. These messages are not only opaque data. They can also contain [[port rights|port]] to be passed to another [[task]]. Port rights are either |