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diff --git a/unix/process.mdwn b/unix/process.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..21fbfc69 --- /dev/null +++ b/unix/process.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]]."]]"""]] + +A *UNIX process* is TODO. + +Generally, especially in [[microkernel]]-based systems, the [[kernel]]'s idea +of a task is not as encompassing as a UNIX process, and will use additional +effort to enhance the kernel's primitive to a full-fledged UNIX model. + +A [[Mach task|microkernel/mach/task]] implements a part of a UNIX process. + +In the GNU/Hurd, processes are based on [[Mach task|microkernel/mach/task]]s, +but are [[enhanced by the glibc|glibc/process]]. |