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| author | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2015-03-03 19:30:45 +0100 |
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| committer | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2015-03-03 19:30:45 +0100 |
| commit | d418a95ae94077e8e6a568b8e30f026d999a4a9f (patch) | |
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Document a bit about hurd/mach/mig so people have an idea where to look at
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diff --git a/documentation.mdwn b/documentation.mdwn index 7f652e70..746b9303 100644 --- a/documentation.mdwn +++ b/documentation.mdwn @@ -59,7 +59,14 @@ text="*[[shapiro\_capintro\_1999|capability]]*: # Specific Components -Documentation for... +The GNU/Hurd system is composed of the Hurd servers running on top of the +GNU Mach microkernel. Mach only handles scheduling tasks and threads, memory +management, and message passing. Mig is used to abstract RPCs on top of Mach's +message passing. Eventually, the Hurd servers and Unix processes discuss with +each other using these RPCs. + +Depending on your background, you may want to start reading the documentation +from userlandish interfaces (Hurd) or from the micro kernel itself (Mach). * [[GNU_Hurd|hurd/documentation]] |