Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 4 Mar 2002 01:38:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 4 Mar 2002 01:37:58 -0500 Received: from barkley.vpha.health.ufl.edu ([159.178.78.160]:8907 "EHLO barkley.vpha.health.ufl.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 4 Mar 2002 01:37:44 -0500 Message-ID: <1015223869.3c83163d70e28@webmail.health.ufl.edu> Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 01:37:49 -0500 From: sridharv@ufl.edu To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: idle threads - SMP MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.0 X-Originating-IP: 66.157.144.214 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org can someone throw more light on idle threads. I was trying to understand the SMP bootup code.what exactly is the diff between a kernel thread and an idle thread? in SMP is every CPU associated with an idle thread?pl clarify. also a little bit of info on trampoline.s is welcome :-). -sridhar - 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/