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diff --git a/hurd/libports.mdwn b/hurd/libports.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..28274338 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/libports.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 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]]."]]"""]] + +*libports* is a convenience library for easier handling of [[Mach +ports|microkernel/mach/port]]. It is documented in the [[Reference_Manual]]. + +*libports* is not (at least, not for now) a generalization / abstraction of +Mach ports to the functionality the Hurd needs, that is, it is not meant to +provide an interface independently of the underlying [[microkernel]]. + +*libports* does not itself depend on *[[libthreads]]*, but the appropriate +threading hooks are used if present, that is if *[[libthreads]]* is used by +another component. |