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From: "Dunlap, Randy" <randy.dunlap@intel.com>
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Subject: RE: fork in module?
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2000 09:42:12 -0800 
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x = kernel_thread(&func, &arg, flags);

might do what you want.

~Randy_________________________________________
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> From: Heusden, Folkert van [mailto:f.v.heusden@ftr.nl]
> 
> what would be the way of starting a sub-process in a module 
> which then would
> run in the background? I guess plain fork() won't work?
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