[cap-talk] Descriptor associations on Spring

[David Hopwood]

Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 16:51 +0200, Neal H. Walfield wrote:
>> At Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:03:40 -0400,
>> Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:
>>> Actually, I don't consider Mach a capability system either.
>>>
>>> One issue is that the unit named by descriptors in both systems is the
>>> server, not the object implemented by the server.
>>
>> Can you please clarify what you mean here.  Mach ports are associated
>> with kernel queues, not thrads.  On the Hurd, we associate a Mach port
>> with each server-implemented object instance.
> 
> I believe that I have already corrected my statement above, so the issue
> is moot.

For Mach, yes, but also at issue was the status of Spring as a capability
system. Do we agree that it is?

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David Hopwood <david.hopwood at industrial-designers.co.uk>