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Re: Strange wording about io_t->io_map method


From: Marcus Brinkmann
Subject: Re: Strange wording about io_t->io_map method
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 18:27:13 +0200
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At Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:59:03 +0200,
Tom Bachmann <address@hidden> wrote:
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> Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> >> The text would become:
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> >>   If the capability is a read/write capability, an opaque PATT
> >>   capability is returned in patt. If the capability is a read-only
> >>   capability, a weak PATT capability is returned.
> 
> This also sounds strange (to my ears), as caps are not read only or rw.
> This information is stored in the object, isn't it?

Depends.  It can be stored in the object, but it can also be stored in
the protected payload of the capability (where the server-local object
ID resides as well).

Thanks,
Marcus





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