Re: task #5130 - random translator

[Constantine Kousoulos]

Kenneth Ψstby wrote:
> It seems like the correct way to go is to trap some sort of 
> keyboard/network/interrupt. How is the right way to trap those
> ? 

AFAIK, the correct way to trap those things is to modify the Mach 
kernel.

> Now the next question, is there some documentation about the workings of 
> MiG and any recommended code parts I can look at to see how the IPC is 
> done?

As you have already found out, documentation is not one of Hurd's 
strong points. You can consult Carnegie Mellon's papers on Mach 
(http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/mach/public/www/doc/documents_top.html) 
to get a general idea and anything relevant you can find at the 
official Hurd site (http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/docs.html). 
However, IMHO, the best teacher is the source code itself. Take a 
look how translators use MiG and ask around in this list for 
clarifications. You can find many MiG definition files within the 
hurd subdirectory of the Hurd source code.

Btw, has anyone considered using the GNU Scientific Library 
(http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/) in order to produce 
pseudo-random numbers?


Thanks,
Constantine