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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:19:29 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Rename _bh to _softirq
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   From: "Maksim (Max) Krasnyanskiy" <maxk@qualcomm.com>
   Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 13:23:28 -0700

   _bh is not a "base handler" it stands for "bottom half".
   
All of these phrases mean the same thing to me.

Do you want to know what is different?  "tasklets",
they are a totally different abstraction, as are
"work queues".

"base handler" and "bottom half" all refer to an execution
context, and these days that means softirq.

   
   
   
   
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