diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'hurd/virtualfilesystem.mdwn')
| -rw-r--r-- | hurd/virtualfilesystem.mdwn | 17 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/hurd/virtualfilesystem.mdwn b/hurd/virtualfilesystem.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..054f0b04 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/virtualfilesystem.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +Path names are resolved using a distributed protocol. +No single entity is responsible for the resolution of +path names. A file system server (a [[translator]]) +attaches to translators (fs.defs:file_set_translator). + +When a process resolves an aboslute path, it queries +its root file system server by invoking the fs.defs:dir_lookup +method in the capability in its root directory slot. The +file system server resolves as much as it knows about locally +and when it encounters a translator, it replies to the client +indicating how much it resolved and where to continue its +lookup. This continues until the name is fully resolved +or an error occurs. The same happens for relative path +names but a different capability is used. + +For a more detailed explanation of the protocol, look at the section +2.2 of the [[HurdCritique]].
\ No newline at end of file |