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diff --git a/documentation.mdwn b/documentation.mdwn index 5c666f3f..5ab08bfb 100644 --- a/documentation.mdwn +++ b/documentation.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2010, 2011 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 @@ -8,8 +9,56 @@ 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]]."]]"""]] +You are interested in getting familiar with the GNU/Hurd system architecture, +or specific components of it? Here is a collection of texts to read. + +/!\ A lot of stuff is still missing ([[!taglink open_issue_documentation]]). + +[[!toc levels=3]] + + +# Basic Knowledge + +Before you can go details, you have to learn the basics about operating system +architecture. Yes, really. + + +## Operating Systems Basics + +Books. Etc. + + +## GNU/Hurd System Architecture + + +### Capabilities + +[[!toggleable id=shapiro_capintro_1999 text="""[[!template id=note +text="*[[shapiro\_capintro\_1999|capability]]*: +{{$capability#shapiro_capintro_1999}}. +{{$capability#shapiro_capintro_1999_text}}."]]"""]] + + * Our use of [[capabilities|capability]]. The + {{$capability#wikipedia_capability-based_security}} article. + Alternatively/additionally, [[!toggle id=shapiro_capintro_1999 + text="[shapiro\_capintro\_1999]"]]. + + In the GNU/Hurd system, a [[capability]] is represented by a [[Mach + port|microkernel/mach/port]]. + + * {{$capability#wikipedia_object-capability_model}}. Albeit not directly + tailored at the GNU/Hurd operating system architecture, this artice anyway + does a good job at describing general principles of a [[capability]]-based + system architecture. + + +# FAQ + [[FAQ]] + +# Specific Components + Documentation for... * [[GNU_Hurd|hurd/documentation]] |