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diff --git a/microkernel/mach/port.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/port.mdwn index 47ef427a..5dcc9ba3 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/port.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/port.mdwn @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ your rights under copyright, including the rights to copy, modify, and redistribute your contributions. """]] -Mach ports are [[capabilities]]. +Mach ports are [[capabilities|capability]]. A Mach port is a kernel queue. Each port has associated with it a receive right and one or more send and send-once rights. @@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ a single message). Enqueuing a message is equivalent to [[invoke|invoking]] a capability. Send and receive rights are named using local names. Each -task has associated with it a port address space. A ports +task has associated with it a port [[address_space]]. A ports are addressed via this table. Each task thus has its own -private [[NamingContext]] for ports. +private [[naming_context]] for ports. -Ports can be [[delegate]]d in an IPC message. When the +Ports can be [[delegate]]d in an [[IPC]] message. When the receiver dequeues the message, the right is made available to it. -A thread can only block receiving on a single port. To work +A [[thread]] can only block receiving on a single port. To work around this, the concept of a port set was introduced. A receive right can be added to (at most) one port set. When a thread receives from a port set, it dequeues from any of the ports that |