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<braunr> simple (but optimized) scatter-gather
<braunr> it makes sense for mig since mach messages do include
serialization metadata such as types
+
+
+## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-11-01
+
+ <gnu_srs> Is it possible to call server functions from user space? What
+ about functions returning MIG_NO_REPLY?
+ <neal> gnu_srs: server functions are only called from user space...
+ <neal> gnu_srs: Normally, servers use a server loop. When an RPC comes it,
+ it is processed and the processing returns some values that the server
+ loop returns to the client.
+ <neal> If the server wants to return the thread to the thread pool without
+ responding to the RPC, it uses MIG_NO_REPLY.