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authorSamuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>2009-06-07 00:08:06 +0000
committerSamuel Thibault <sthibault@debian.org>2009-06-07 00:08:06 +0000
commit850a3bcd7b117121184d922af10ab3e32da9da4c (patch)
tree2a6a98cba728b2592c64a2cd441669d374ead8c4
parentfb13eef7a09620f4efbedf625111fbfada3bcde2 (diff)
explain what Memory object proxies are for
-rw-r--r--debian/patches/15_mem_obj_proxy.patch4
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diff --git a/debian/patches/15_mem_obj_proxy.patch b/debian/patches/15_mem_obj_proxy.patch
index e73bb4d..68842ca 100644
--- a/debian/patches/15_mem_obj_proxy.patch
+++ b/debian/patches/15_mem_obj_proxy.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Memory object proxies permit to replicate objects with different parameters,
+like reduced privileged, different offset, etc. They are e.g. essential for
+properly managing memory access permissions.
+
2005-06-06 Marcus Brinkmann <marcus@gnu.org>
* include/mach/mach4.defs: Add memory_object_create_proxy