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Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2001 13:36:05 -0300
From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>
To: "peter k." <spam-goes-to-dev-null@gmx.net>
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Subject: Re: 2.4.7: wtf is "ksoftirqd_CPU0"
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Em Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 06:29:37PM +0200, peter k. escreveu:
> 
> > > i just installed 2.4.7, now a new process called "ksoftirqd_CPU0"
> > > is started
> > > automatically when booting (by the kernel obviously)? why? what
> > > does it do?
> > > i didnt find any useful information on it in linuxdoc / linux-kernel
> > > archives
> > It's the kernel soft IRQ daemon. It provides a context from which to
> > execute 'slow' code that was triggered by an interrupt. There will be one
> > per CPU.
> 
> why wasnt it run in previous kernels? im just wondering why it suddenly

because previous kernels had problems that Andrea's approach fixes? Read
the archives for the thread about it.

- Arnaldo
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