[okl4-developer] rootspace server

Jorge Torres jorge.torres.maldonado at gmail.com
Tue Jul 31 03:31:19 EST 2007


Hi okl4.org,

I'm sorry I've made a mistake, for some reason I saw that L_timer and
roottask belonged to the same space (rootspace), but now that I check I was
wrong,

Thank you very much,

JOrge

On 7/30/07, Jorge Torres <jorge.torres.maldonado at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Geoffrey, okl4.org,
>
> Thank you for you for your prompt answer, but I probably wasn't clear
> explaining my concerns:
>
> On 7/30/07, Geoffrey Lee <glee at ok-labs.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 11:00:16AM -0400, Jorge Torres wrote:
> > > Hi okl4.org,
> > >
> > > Please correct me if I'm wrong, on OKL4 with wombat running, the only
> > two
> > > threads that are in the rootspace are the roottask and the L_timer
> > threads,
> > > correct?
> > > I can't find how or where is it that (build system??) specifies that
> > > L_timer thread  would be in rootspace?
> >
> > The L_timer is a part of Wombat, it is inside Wombat.
> >
> > Take a look at linux/kernel/arch/l4/kernel/main.c:main().  One of the
> > first thing it does is set the debug name.
>
>
> Yes true, I know debug name has nothing to do with thread's space, I'm
> just calling them by their debbug names so it is easier for me to explain
> what I want to know, both L_timer and L_syscal thread are part of Wombat and
> yet L_syscal is not in the rootspace, my question was more about, where is
> it that L_timer is specified to be privileged (be in the rootspace), since
> such thread creation is specified by the build system, I can't find where,
> it is not in the iguana's SCOnscript for sure, does elfweaver specifies this
> too?, if so (if L_timer thread space is set by the build system), this means
> that I could do the same for a new ig-server,
>
> Thank you very much for your time, and I hope this time I have made my
> question a little more clear than initially,
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jorge
>
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Thank you very much for your time,
> > >
> > > Jorge
> >
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