| paul@427 | 1 | = Libraries = |
| paul@427 | 2 | |
| paul@427 | 3 | Within the `departure` package, a number of libraries have been established to |
| paul@427 | 4 | retain certain kinds of functionality. This document provides an overview of |
| paul@427 | 5 | each of them. |
| paul@427 | 6 | |
| paul@427 | 7 | <<TableOfContents(2, 2)>> |
| paul@427 | 8 | |
| paul@427 | 9 | == libe2access == |
| paul@427 | 10 | |
| paul@427 | 11 | Convenience functions for `libext2fs` operations. |
| paul@427 | 12 | |
| paul@427 | 13 | == libe2access_blockserver == |
| paul@427 | 14 | |
| paul@427 | 15 | A convenience wrapper around `libext2fs`, providing initialisation functions |
| paul@427 | 16 | for the opening of filesystems and for indicating the capability through which |
| paul@427 | 17 | a block server, this providing a filesystem, may be accessed. |
| paul@427 | 18 | |
| paul@427 | 19 | == libexec == |
| paul@427 | 20 | |
| paul@427 | 21 | Support for initialising and executing programs in new tasks. |
| paul@427 | 22 | |
| paul@427 | 23 | == libext2fs == |
| paul@427 | 24 | |
| paul@427 | 25 | The ext2 filesystem library provided by the |
| paul@427 | 26 | [[http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net/|e2fsprogs]] project. |
| paul@427 | 27 | |
| paul@427 | 28 | == libext2fs_blockserver == |
| paul@427 | 29 | |
| paul@427 | 30 | Interfacing functions for `libext2fs`, permitting the library to access block |
| paul@427 | 31 | servers, these being servers supporting the [[Components#Openers|opener]] |
| paul@427 | 32 | interface, doing so using the [[Client Library|client library]]. |
| paul@427 | 33 | |
| paul@427 | 34 | == libfsclient == |
| paul@427 | 35 | |
| paul@427 | 36 | The [[Client Library|client library]] for accessing filesystem servers. |
| paul@427 | 37 | |
| paul@427 | 38 | == libfsserver == |
| paul@427 | 39 | |
| paul@427 | 40 | The [[Server Library|server library]] providing supporting abstractions and |
| paul@427 | 41 | functionality for filesystem-related [[Components|components]]. |
| paul@427 | 42 | |
| paul@427 | 43 | == libipc == |
| paul@427 | 44 | |
| paul@427 | 45 | A library providing IPC (interprocess communication) mechanisms to support |
| paul@427 | 46 | communication and interactions between components. |
| paul@427 | 47 | |
| paul@427 | 48 | == libmem == |
| paul@427 | 49 | |
| paul@427 | 50 | A library providing memory-related abstractions and utilities. |
| paul@427 | 51 | |
| paul@427 | 52 | == libsystypes == |
| paul@427 | 53 | |
| paul@427 | 54 | A repository of fundamental types used by the other libraries. |
