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--- a/hurd/glibc/hurd-specific_api.mdwn
+++ b/hurd/glibc/hurd-specific_api.mdwn
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2002, 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2002, 2007, 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]]."]]"""]]
[[!meta title="Hurd-specific glibc API"]]
These functions have meaning only under Hurd. They are needed to get port
-names that are used in native Hurd API (the RPC calls to servers). The `.defs`
+names that are used in native Hurd API (the [[RPC]]s to servers). The `.defs`
and `.h` files can be found in `/include/hurd` when all development files are
installed (Debian package `hurd-dev`.) Note that `.defs` are not included in C
programs -- they are used to produce `.h` files.
@@ -81,7 +82,13 @@ programs -- they are used to produce `.h` files.
<dt><tt><b>openport</b> (io_t port, int flags);</tt></dt>
<p>
</p>
- <dd>Open a file descriptor on a port. FLAGS are as for <tt>open</tt>; flags affected by <tt>io_set_openmodes</tt> are not changed by this. If successful, this consumes a user reference for PORT (which will be deallocated on close.) See <tt>&amp;lt;hurd/io.defs&amp;gt;</tt> and <tt>&amp;lt;hurd/io.h&amp;gt;</tt>.</dd>
+ <dd>Open a [[unix/file_descriptor]] on a [[microkernel/mach/port]]. FLAGS
+ are as for <tt>open</tt>; flags affected by <tt>io_set_openmodes</tt> are
+ not changed by this. If successful, this consumes a user reference for
+ PORT (which will be deallocated on close.) See
+ <tt>&amp;lt;hurd/io.defs&amp;gt;</tt> and
+ <tt>&amp;lt;hurd/io.h&amp;gt;</tt>.
+ </dd>
<p>
</p>
<dt><tt>task_t</tt></dt>
@@ -157,7 +164,7 @@ programs -- they are used to produce `.h` files.
</p>
<dt><tt>thread_t</tt></dt>
<dt><tt><b>hurd_thread_self</b> (void);</tt></dt>
- <dd>Return the current thread's thread port. This is a cheap operation (no system call), but it relies on Hurd signal state being set up.</dd>
+ <dd>Return the current thread's thread port. This is a cheap operation (no [[system call]]), but it relies on Hurd signal state being set up.</dd>
<p>
</p>
<dt><tt>error_t</tt></dt>