Hi, Richard Braun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 12:37:17PM +0200, Thomas Schwinge wrote: >> A terminology issue: is my observation correct that we use to say >> `server' in the case that only a single node is being served, like >> `/servers/socket/2' by `/hurd/pfinet' and we use to say `translator' if a >> whole sub-hierarchy is being exported, like `/' by `/hurd/ext2fs'? > > I think that all tasks waiting for RPC requests are servers, and those > which are attached to a VFS node (either a single node or implementing > a sub tree) are translators. Indeed. Most of the time (i.e., except for those few servers like `proc' that are not bound in the file system hierarchy), both terms are synonymous, but the term "translator" emphasizes two particular server interfaces: `io' and `fs'. Thanks, Ludovic. _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
