Re: [U]VM subsystem for L4 X.2 (and later)

[Farid Hajji]

> > libl4user would need to provide (among others):
> >   * vm_*() syscalls, implemented as IPCs to the [u]vmserver
> >     [I'd prefer that we factor out a libuvm library though...]
> >   * port_*() syscalls, implemented as IPCs to a portserver
> >   * glue code between l4 threads and pthreads you're working on.
> Stubs, not glue code. The actual glue will just go into sysdeps/l4.
Right! I've been unprecise here.

> >   * <add suggestions here>
> Looking at libmachuser, there is also:
> * All syscalls
> * device_*()
> * processor_*()
> * host_*()
> * task_*()
OK.

> I think the L4 equivalents of this should also go in libl4user.
As long as we keep a consistent API at the top-layer, that makes sense.

> Jeroen Dekkers

-Farid.

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