Taos Kernel Calls

This selection from among the 64 Taos kernel calls gives some impression of the kind of services that the kernel provides.

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Mailbox Management

   SENDMAIL     Send a mail message.
   COPYMAIL     Copy a mail message then send the copy.
   READMAIL     Read a mail message from a mailbox.
   READTYPE     Read a mail message from a mailbox; wait until
                specified type arrives.


Control Object Management
   STARTCONTROL Start a control object locally.
   OPENCONTROL  Create a control object and start locally.
   OPENCHILD    Create, distribute, and start a control object in the network.
   OPENARRAY    Create, distribute, and open a number of different
                control objects.
   OPENFARM     Create, distribute, and open multiple instances
                of a control object.
   OPENDEVICE   Create and transpor
t a control object to a specified
                processor and start it.
   OPENGLOBAL   Create, distribute, and open multiple instances of a control
                object. Guarantee one control object on every processor.
   OPENREMOTE   Create and transport a control object to a specified
                processor for distribution from that processor, then start it.
   OPENPIPE     Create, distribute, and open a pipeline of control objects.


Tool Object Management
   VCALL        Virtual call tool object.
   OPENTOOL     Request tool object load.
   CLOSETOOL    Close tool object.
   FLUSHNAMES   Flush named tools from local tool list.
   FLUSHTOOLS   Flush nonreferenced tools from local tool list.
   UNCLOSETOOL  Increments a tool object's reference count.


General Object Management
   VADDR        Obtain address of embedded object.
   OBJPROC      Process an object using the existing thread.
   LISTPROC     Process a linked list of objects using the existing thread.
   LISTTES
T     Search list for types of node.


Processor Type ID and Mailbox ID
   FINDTYPE     Inquire processor ID of a processor node of specified
                processor type and with a minimum memory requirement.
   GETMYID      Inquire mailbox ID of own control object.
   GETPARENT    Inquire mailbox ID of parent control object.
   GETSERVER    Inquire server mailbox ID for an object.
   NETINFO      Inquire processor and network information.