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Norman Feske d649451c3d fs_rom: trigger deferred ROM-update signal 
This patch ensures that fs_rom delivers a ROM-update notification in the
case where the underlying file was changed in-between requesting the
initial ROM content and registering the signal handler.
2017-08-17 10:59:43 +02:00
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main.cc fs_rom: trigger deferred ROM-update signal 2017-08-17 10:59:43 +02:00
README Move repositories to 'repos/' subdirectory 2014-05-14 16:08:00 +02:00
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README 

The 'fs_rom' server translates the 'File_system' session interface to the
'ROM' session' interface. Each request for a ROM file is handled by looking
up an equally named file on the file system. If no such file could be found,
the server watches the file system for the creation of the corresponding file.
Furthermore, the server reflects file changes as signals to the ROM session.

Limitations
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* Symbolic links are not handled
* The server needs to allocate RAM for each requested file. The RAM is always
  allocated from the RAM session of the server. The RAM quota consumed by the
  server depends on the client requests and the size of the requested files.
  Therefore, one instance of the server should not be used by untrusted clients
  and critical clients at the same time. In such situations, multiple instances
  of the server could be used.