Thanks for the note, could you confirm some details though: What makes a Hurd server a translator? (Is there a real definition or is a translator just a server that can be used to access a file)
When you say "(practically) every process in the Hurd is a server", do you mean: a) every process which makes up "the Hurd", or b) every process running on a Hurd based system I think I'll have a look at the 'notice' server, I'll post to the list if I have any progress. Ciaran O'Riordan On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 12:16:53AM +0100, Wolfgang Jaehrling wrote: > On Mon, Mar 24, 2003 at 02:32:33AM +0000, Ciaran O'Riordan wrote: > > "translators" and "servers" are two names for the same thing. > > Not quite. Translators are a special kind of servers. There can also > be servers which are no translators. The default-pager is an example > for this. Another one is the `notice' server which I wrote (see > <http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2002-05/msg00320.html>, but > note that the interfaces has changed since then and it won't work > currently). And if you want to be really exact, then (practically) > every process in the Hurd is a server, because it has a thread (hidden > in glibc) that waits for signals, which are implemented as messages > sent to a port... > > Cheers, > GNU/Wolfgang _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
