Random stuff.

[polintos/scott/priv.git] / doc / orb / parameter-info-block

diff --git a/doc/orb/parameter-info-block b/doc/orb/parameter-info-block
index a39372b637408ba9ad4f2bc7fe6f1514160284bd..7c9b3d83df7b238ffb524e3e177f520fe5ca3f15 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/orb/parameter-info-block
+++ b/doc/orb/parameter-info-block
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ Parameter Info Block (PIB)
       regardless of the pointer size.  The first object in the list
       is the object to receive the message.
 
       regardless of the pointer size.  The first object in the list
       is the object to receive the message.
 

+      Objects which live in this address space have the high bit
+      clear; remote objects have the high bit set.  When sending an
+      object reference that has not been exposed to the kernel
+      before, the new_object() syscall must first be called.
+

    num_segments    32-bit  Number of data segments
 
    segment.ptr     pointer Pointer to data segment
    num_segments    32-bit  Number of data segments
 
    segment.ptr     pointer Pointer to data segment