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$Id: readme.txt,v 1.3 2002/10/29 04:45:05 rex Exp $
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posixw32 - a Win32 client terminal emulator for the POSIX+ subsystem
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SYNOPSYS
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posixw32 [program]
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program program to be run in the terminal; if none is given,
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the shell for the current user (W32 session's) is
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used.
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DESCRIPTION
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posixw32 emulates a DEC VT-100 terminal (on top of the CSRSS
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subsystem, hence the name) which is the controlling terminal
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for a process [program] running in the context of the PSX
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subsystem. posixw32 is a Win32 console application, not a PSX
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application. The process created by the PSX subsystem on behalf
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of posixw32 is not the child of the posixw32 instance that
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requested it. posixw32 simply performs terminal I/O in the CSRSS
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world (the W32 world!) for [program].
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NOTES
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The role of posixw32 is creating a session in the PSX subsystem
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managing any I/O for it. This is how it works:
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1. posixw32 creates two well known named objects in the system
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name space that will allow the PSX subsystem server to build
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the I/O channel for the session. To let the PSX subsystem
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process recognize the objects, they contain a numeric suffix
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which is the process identifier (n) the system gives to each
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instance of posixw32:
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\POSIX+\Session\Pn LPC port (IPC rendez-vous object)
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\POSIX+\Session\Dn section (shared memory object)
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posixw32 also creates a new thread to manage the calls though
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the LPC port. Port Pn is used by the subsystem to control the
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terminal which posixw32 emulates.
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2. posixw32 connects to the PSX subsystem session port
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\POSIX+\SessionPort
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and asks the subsystem to create a new session.
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3. The PSX subsystem, if it decides to accept the request, creates
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a new session for that calling instance of posixw32 (n), and in
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turn connects back to the terminal control port
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\POSIX+\Session\Pn
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4. When posixw32 makes the PSX subsystem create the new session, it
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also tells the subsystem what program should be the session
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leader process. The PSX subsystem creates that process (the
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image file to start must be marked IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_POSIX_GUI or
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IMAGE_SUBSYSTEM_POSIX_CUI).
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5. The requested process [program] runs in the context of the
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PSX subsystem and performs any terminal I/O via the channel
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posixw32 and the PSX susbstem created.
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REVISIONS
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2001-05-05 created
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2002-03-03 simplified
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2002-06-08 renamed to avoid future name clash
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AUTHOR
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Emanuele Aliberti <ea@iol.it>
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CREDITS
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John L. Miller (johnmil@cs.cmu.edu, johnmil@jprc.com) code for
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a basic VT-100 emulator for Win32 consoles is used to process
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tc* calls output.
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EOF
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