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(New page: Simple overview: * NFU server -- "adjacent" to IBP depot. * NFU Op -- lightweight program, written in C, or Java, depending on server. * NFU client -- launches nfuOps and exchanges data wi...) |
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* NFU Op -- lightweight program, written in C, or Java, depending on server. | * NFU Op -- lightweight program, written in C, or Java, depending on server. | ||
* NFU client -- launches nfuOps and exchanges data with it. | * NFU client -- launches nfuOps and exchanges data with it. | ||
** | ** Two types of data exchange: | ||
1. variable exchange -- data passed directly between NFU Client and NFU Op | |||
NFU_VAL_IN | NFU_VAL_IN | ||
2. IBP Cap handling | |||
NFU_IBP_RD, client sends an IBP Cap to server, NFU Op does not receive cap, but a pointer to a mmap of the cap. | NFU_IBP_RD, client sends an IBP Cap to server, NFU Op does not receive cap, but a pointer to a mmap of the cap. | ||
Revision as of 08:28, 1 July 2008
Simple overview:
- NFU server -- "adjacent" to IBP depot.
- NFU Op -- lightweight program, written in C, or Java, depending on server.
- NFU client -- launches nfuOps and exchanges data with it.
- Two types of data exchange:
1. variable exchange -- data passed directly between NFU Client and NFU Op NFU_VAL_IN 2. IBP Cap handling NFU_IBP_RD, client sends an IBP Cap to server, NFU Op does not receive cap, but a pointer to a mmap of the cap.