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| author | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2014-04-30 12:32:25 +0200 |
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| committer | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2014-04-30 12:32:25 +0200 |
| commit | c105cd27111444f3d35e495515ea90ab78e0ac7f (patch) | |
| tree | 5a6dacaf30e8e97286c7b48b4e12a726c18a24c5 | |
| parent | 73c5fef2c013cf5aed809fb6b6e52c07d5352360 (diff) | |
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diff --git a/hurd/networking.mdwn b/hurd/networking.mdwn index 20468d0f..e1bebec5 100644 --- a/hurd/networking.mdwn +++ b/hurd/networking.mdwn @@ -10,15 +10,11 @@ is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] For each supported `PF_*` protocol family (domain), there is a file `/servers/socket/N` -where `N` is the numeric value for the `PF_*` symbol. Right now +where `N` is the numeric value for the `PF_*` symbol. libc's socket(), socketpair() and friends use `hurd_socket_server` to open them: the latter computes the `/servers/socket/N` path, then open it a return the result. Since those paths are translated (see showtrans on `/servers/socket/N`), it's a port to a translator which is returned. Right now [[`PF_LOCAL`|translator/pflocal]] (a.k.a. `PF_UNIX` or `AF_UNIX`) `N=1`, [[`PF_INET`|translator/pfinet]] (a.k.a `AF_INET`) `N=2` and [[`PF_INET6`|translator/pfinet/ipv6]] (a.k.a `AF_INET6`) `N=26` are supported. -Depending on the socket domain used the libc function `_hurd_socket_server` -is called from the calling function socket/socketpair, resolving to those -`/servers/socket/` nodes, which are translated by `/hurd/pflocal`, `/hurd/pfinet`, etc, see showtrans on them. - In case of problems to find out which server is called rpctrace can be of use: search for the output `dir_lookup ("servers/socket/N" ...)` |