[coyotos-dev] Sleep, wakeup, and persistence

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Thu, 2007-09-27 at 03:04 +0200, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote:
> On 16/09/2007, at 14.44, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote:
> 
> >On 15/09/2007, at 19.33, Charles Landau wrote:
> >
> >>At 12:46 AM +0200 9/16/07, Valerio Bellizzomi wrote:
> >>>The current sleep interface could have an additional parameter: Enable
> >>>wakeup on system restart,
> >>
> >>Use the Principle of Least Authority. If a program has no need to 
> >>know about restarts, it should have a capability that has no option 
> >>to reveal restarts.
> >
> >Ok. The sleep interface doesn't need the additional parameter, but the
> >*schedule capability* should define if the program must be awaken on
> >system restart.
> 
> More thinking on this question. It is a scheduling issue. There are the
> process, the schedule capability, and the schedule which implements the
> scheduling contract.
> The schedule should obey what is defined in the schedule capability. If
> the schedule capability has the option to reveal restarts, the process
> should be allowed to react to restarts.
> Note that no conclusions are drawn at the moment.

I am unclear why you think this is a scheduling issue.