of cpu.c makes use of the kernel cap device via a call to the
auth_chuid function, and the cap device is not available in 9vx,
probably due to the single-user nature of it as a hosted environment.

I dont understand. Why can't the capability device be put directly
into 9vx? Doesn't the 9vx "kernel" have its own notion of
user id for each of the processes it hosts independant of the
underlying unix user id? I thought only select parts of the
system such as the unix file server cared about the unix
user id.

~Mycroftiv
9gridchan.org

Tim Newsham | www.thenewsh.com/~newsham | thenewsh.blogspot.com

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