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1.SH
2Process Structure
3.PP
4The Plan 9 file system server is made from
5an ancient version of the Plan 9 kernel.
6The kernel contains process control,
7synchronization,
8locks,
9and some memory
10allocation.
11The kernel has no user processes or
12virtual memory.
13.PP
14The structure of the file system server
15is a set of kernel processes
16synchronizing mostly through message passing.
17In
18.I fs64
19there are 27 processes of 11 types:
20.KS
21.TS
22center ;
23c l c
24n lf(CW) l .
25number	name	function
26_
2715	srv	Main file system server processes
281	rah	Block read-ahead processes
291	scp	Sync process
301	wcp	WORM copy process
311	con	Console process
321	ilo	IL protocol process
331	ilt	IL timer process
342	ethi	Ethernet input process
352	etho	Ethernet output process
361	flo	Floppy disk process
371	snt	sntp clock-synchronisation process
38.TE
39.KE
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