minix/kernel/ipc.h
Jorrit Herder 8d9c0886cd Created ECHO system call for testing purposes.
Furthermore, a quick way to get one's own process number.
2005-05-27 13:57:00 +00:00

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/* Masks and flags for system calls. */
#define SYSCALL_FUNC 0x0F /* mask for system call function */
#define SYSCALL_FLAGS 0xF0 /* mask for system call flags */
#define NON_BLOCKING 0x10 /* prevent blocking, return error */
#define FRESH_ANSWER 0x20 /* ignore pending notifications as answer */
/* (default behaviour for SENDREC calls) */
/* System calls (numbers passed when trapping to the kernel) */
#define ECHO 0 /* function code for echoing messages */
#define SEND 1 /* function code for sending messages */
#define RECEIVE 2 /* function code for receiving messages */
#define SENDREC 3 /* function code for SEND + RECEIVE */
#define NOTIFY 4 /* function code for notifications */