NAME

task_self_ − the port to which a task sends its kernel requests
task_data_ − a port on which a task may receive messages
task_notify_ − the port on which a task receives notify messages from the kernel
name_server_port − the service port for the network name server
service_port − the service port for the service server
mach_init_ports − set of server ports initially handed to a task
mach_init_ports_count − number of mach_init_ports
vm_page_size − size of the virtual memory pages in bytes
 

SYNOPSIS

#include <mach_init.h>

DESCRIPTION

mach_init.h exports the standard system and server ports and global variables to the user. 

mach_init.c is called before the main program is entered to intitalize the exported values and to initialize any of the standard server interfaces.  The standard server interfaces are: init_mach, init_msgn, and init_netname.  The service server should only be called by other servers, so it is not initialized here for the general user. 

mach_init also initializes the value of vm_page_size, which is the virtual memory page size in bytes.  Kernel requests dealing with virtual memory are always rounded up to virtual pages.  Occasionally a user needs to know how big this is. 

FILES

/usr/include/mach_init.h

BUGS

task_data_ and task_notify_ are the same port at this time.  The port is initially unrestricted.  In the future they will be two different ports and task_notify will be initially restricted (that is, it will not be included in the set of ports used by a receive with PORT_DEFAULT set). 

NeXT, Inc.  —  March 24, 1989