Initial target(s) for libmob (was Re: Improving object mobility within the Hurd)

2009-05-29 Thread Carl Fredrik Hammar
Hi, I was going to refute your suggestion of ioctl handlers, but in arguing about it back and forth with myself, I ended up agreeing with you. ;-) As such this mail became a good bit longer than intended, feel free to just skim through most of this first part. I will answer the rest of your mail

Re: Improving object mobility within the Hurd

2009-05-21 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 02:17:59PM +0100, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 10:39:51AM +0100, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net > wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:54:53AM +0100, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > sorry for the late reply. I had written most of the mail quite a > whil

Re: Improving object mobility within the Hurd

2009-02-28 Thread Carl Fredrik Hammar
Hi, sorry for the late reply. I had written most of the mail quite a while ago, except for the terminology discussion. Then I fell ill, and was unable to complete that part, which I felt required a lot of concentration. Then it took additional time to get back up on the horse and get back into t

Re: Improving object mobility within the Hurd

2009-01-30 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:54:53AM +0100, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 01:11:09PM +0100, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net > wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 06:56:15PM +0100, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > I actually think we agree on what an object is: a bundle of state and >

Re: Improving object mobility within the Hurd

2009-01-27 Thread Carl Fredrik Hammar
Hi, this is just a small correction to my previous mail. On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 10:54:53AM +0100, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > Take copy store as an example. The copy store makes a copy-on-write > copy of another store and discards changes when closed. For instance, > a copy store over a zero

Re: Improving object mobility within the Hurd

2009-01-22 Thread Carl Fredrik Hammar
Hi, On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 01:11:09PM +0100, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net wrote: > BTW, it's rather sad that we already run into terminology issues > again... We need to sort this out, to make a clear distinction between > abstract objects and RPC objects. > > (Judging by the terminology used in libs

Re: Improving object mobility within the Hurd

2009-01-16 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 06:56:15PM +0100, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 08:50:28AM +0100, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net > wrote: > > > I've split the project into three main parts: improving authority > > > verification, improving code transfer and an object system that > > >

Re: Improving object mobility within the Hurd

2009-01-10 Thread Carl Fredrik Hammar
Hi, On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 08:50:28AM +0100, olafbuddenha...@gmx.net wrote: > > I have dropped the channel concept and have opted to focus on > > arbitrary Hurd objects. I've adopted term ``mobile object'' from > > similar frameworks such as Java's RMI, where it is usually used when > > the tran

Re: Improving object mobility within the Hurd

2009-01-10 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 10:24:33PM +0100, Carl Fredrik Hammar wrote: > I'll be starting my bachelor's thesis this semester and have decided > to pick up where I left off with libchannel. Great news :-) > I've been planning this for a while, but didn't announce it until now That's so wicked

Improving object mobility within the Hurd

2009-01-07 Thread Carl Fredrik Hammar
Hello, I'll be starting my bachelor's thesis this semester and have decided to pick up where I left off with libchannel. (Not 100% sure if it's called ``bachelor's thesis'' in English, it's similar to a master's thesis except that it for a bachelor's degree and gives half the amount of credits.)