From 9933cec0a18ae2a3d752f269d1bb12c19f51199d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2013 15:35:02 -0400 Subject: IRC. --- capability.mdwn | 20 ++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'capability.mdwn') diff --git a/capability.mdwn b/capability.mdwn index 7219cdce..0ebe5cd4 100644 --- a/capability.mdwn +++ b/capability.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, -Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013 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 @@ -77,6 +77,22 @@ port|microkernel/mach/port]]. As in UNIX (see above), they are not [[persistent|persistency]]. +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-07-01 + + I have read plenty of documents, and wrapped my head around + most Hurd concepts, but I still have not understood well what + capabilities are. + Mmm, which capabilities? + AIUI, the Hurd doesn't really have a notion of capabilites, just a + notion of owning a port right + From what I have understood (from the critique) they + reference ports so they objects can be referenced via them + (which provides processes a way for doing things) + ok, so we are talking about the same thing, I guess + ahh, that's cool. I thought there was more to the story that + I couldn't understand + + # Further Reading * [[Mach port|microkernel/mach/port]] -- cgit v1.2.3