ORB documentation updates.

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

diff --git a/doc/orb/parameter-info-block b/doc/orb/parameter-info-block
index a61c6485114274e93fb7ac2f52970d31118573ef..c4f176848cadb92e480df4ec2aaf912436350c7b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/orb/parameter-info-block
+++ b/doc/orb/parameter-info-block
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Parameter Info Block (PIB)
    objlist_ptr     pointer Pointer to the object list
    newobj_ptr      pointer Pointer to the new object list.
    objlist_len     32-bit  Length of the object list, in IDs
-   newobj_len      32-bit  Length of the new object list.
+   newobj_len      32-bit  Length of the new object list, in entries.
 
       The object list is a special segment that contains object IDs
       rather than arbitrary data.  Each object ID will be translated
@@ -36,9 +36,10 @@ Parameter Info Block (PIB)
       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, its interface hash should exist in the newobj list.
+      clear; remote objects have the high bit set.  When sending an
+      object reference that has not been exposed to the kernel
+      before, its interface hash (SHA-1 of interface GUIDs) should
+      exist in the newobj list.
 
    num_segments    32-bit  Number of data segments