Re: idle threads , kernel threads

["Girish Wadhwani" <girishw@mail.com>]

Hi,

Where can I find TIgran's 2.4 kernel docs?

-G
-----Original Message-----
From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linux.realnet.co.sz>
Date: 	Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:14:02 +0200 (SAST)
To: sridhar@ufl.edu
Subject: Re: idle threads , kernel threads


Re: On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 sridhar@ufl.edu wrote:
Re: 
Re: > I was reading Tigran's 2.4 kernel docs about SMP boot up. I am interested in
Re: > knowing the diff between an kernel thread and idle thread.what exactly is an
Re: > idle thread? y do the APs need to have an idle thread associated with them? also
Re: > please explain a bit about  trampoline.s
Re: > I am not subscribed , so email me.
Re: 
Re: an idle thread is exactly that, a thread which gets executed when the 
Re: processor is idle. Whilst a kernel thread is a "process" running in  
Re: kernel (read priveleged) context, check out the 
Re: linux/drivers/net/8139too.c to see a network driver which uses kernel 
Re: threads.
Re: 
Re: To fully understand trampoline.S you'll have to read the Intel 
Re: Multiprocessor Specification 1.x. In a nutshell it is code which the APs 
Re: execute in order to get initialised and ready to run kernel code.
Re: 
Re: Regards,
Re: 	Zwane
Re: 
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