On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:52:51PM +0100, Rodolfo kix Garcia wrote:
> Nathaniel,
>
> I am not 100% sure if my answer will solve your problem, but probably  
> you can do it using the 9P protocol.
>
> Look http://plan9.bell-labs.com/magic/man2html/5/0intro, 9P is the way  
> to comunicate the kernel with the proccess. Probably sendfd is not  
> needed in Plan 9.

I think I understand 9P, but do not see why it removes the need for
something like sendfd().  Can you explain further?

--nwf;