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authorIan Moffett <ian@osmora.org>2024-03-17 20:59:31 -0400
committerIan Moffett <ian@osmora.org>2024-03-17 20:59:31 -0400
commit0776264c266e7c1619b8b8b84d2da5384979bb3c (patch)
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Merge branch 'user' into dev
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.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-.Dd Jan 12 2024
+.Dd Mar 13 2024
.Dt ARCH 9
.Os Hyra
.Sh NAME
@@ -113,5 +113,21 @@ header, should be a struct containing information
about the address space. This header MUST be implemented
or compiler errors will occur.
+There also exists a
+.Ft pcb
+(Process Control Block) structure in the
+.Ft machine/pcb.h
+header which contains arch specific information per thread.
+
+This structure must be implemented per arch, this structure shall be set up
+by the machdep subsystem, specifically in the
+.Ft processor_init_pcb()
+routine.
+
+The
+.Ft processor_free_pcb()
+routine shall also be implemented per arch to deallocate
+resources when the thread is killed.
+
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Ian Moffett Aq Mt ian@osmora.org