From 0ea5a3e31c93e1c3e8dc8e121d63fc42a24e1d30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ian Moffett Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2024 23:24:53 -0400 Subject: man: arch(9): Document process control block Signed-off-by: Ian Moffett --- share/man/man9/arch.9 | 13 ++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/share/man/man9/arch.9 b/share/man/man9/arch.9 index adbc437..89cdb41 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/arch.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/arch.9 @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ .\" 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 +113,16 @@ 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. + .Sh AUTHORS .An Ian Moffett Aq Mt ian@osmora.org -- cgit v1.2.3