Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 29 Apr 2001 16:42:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 29 Apr 2001 16:42:14 -0400 Received: from mailgate1.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE ([134.93.8.56]:19116 "EHLO mailgate1.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 29 Apr 2001 16:42:00 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2001 22:40:53 +0200 From: Dominik Kubla To: Pavel Machek Cc: Ingo Oeser , "Adam J. Richter" , kaos@ocs.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Suggestion for module .init.{text,data} sections Message-ID: <20010429224053.A7269@uni-mainz.de> Mail-Followup-To: Dominik Kubla , Pavel Machek , Ingo Oeser , "Adam J. Richter" , kaos@ocs.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200104270449.VAA05279@adam.yggdrasil.com> <20010427103519.E679@nightmaster.csn.tu-chemnitz.de> <20010429010522.A32@(none)> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: <20010429010522.A32@(none)>; from pavel@suse.cz on Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 01:05:23AM +0000 X-No-Archive: yes Restrict: no-external-archive Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 01:05:23AM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote: > > You can't do that. Think about interrupt routine being swapped out. > > Kernel is *not* preemptible. Quite a statement. Would you care to elaborate? I thought there are Unix (or Unix-like) kernels out there that allow pageing and premption of kernel parts. Or am i mistaken? Dominik -- A lovely thing to see: Kobayashi Issa through the paper window's holes (1763-1828) the galaxy. [taken from: David Brin - Sundiver] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/