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* Decermenter overflow interrupt atfer the init.d launch.
@ 2007-07-27  6:36 Nicolas Mederle
  2007-07-27  6:46 ` Kumar Gala
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Nicolas Mederle @ 2007-07-27  6:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linuxppc-dev, linuxppc-embedded

Hi,

       I want to know how the kernel switch the task. Because my kernel 
start very well, and it launch  the init.d. With the log, i can see that 
the kernel launch the getty task. But after, there is a decrementer 
overflow interrupt  ( vector at adress 900 ). Is it the task switch? Or 
is it an error in the decrementer init.

-- 

Cordialement,

MEDERLE Nicolas.

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* Re: Decermenter overflow interrupt atfer the init.d launch.
  2007-07-27  6:36 Decermenter overflow interrupt atfer the init.d launch Nicolas Mederle
@ 2007-07-27  6:46 ` Kumar Gala
  2007-07-27  7:26   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Kumar Gala @ 2007-07-27  6:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Nicolas Mederle; +Cc: linuxppc-dev, linuxppc-embedded


On Jul 27, 2007, at 1:36 AM, Nicolas Mederle wrote:

> Hi,
>
>        I want to know how the kernel switch the task. Because my  
> kernel
> start very well, and it launch  the init.d. With the log, i can see  
> that
> the kernel launch the getty task. But after, there is a decrementer
> overflow interrupt  ( vector at adress 900 ). Is it the task  
> switch? Or
> is it an error in the decrementer init.

This should be a task switch.  The decrementer is used to handle the  
periodic interrupt to switch processes.

- k

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* Re: Decermenter overflow interrupt atfer the init.d launch.
  2007-07-27  6:46 ` Kumar Gala
@ 2007-07-27  7:26   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt @ 2007-07-27  7:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Kumar Gala; +Cc: linuxppc-dev, linuxppc-embedded

On Fri, 2007-07-27 at 01:46 -0500, Kumar Gala wrote:
> On Jul 27, 2007, at 1:36 AM, Nicolas Mederle wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> >        I want to know how the kernel switch the task. Because my  
> > kernel
> > start very well, and it launch  the init.d. With the log, i can see  
> > that
> > the kernel launch the getty task. But after, there is a decrementer
> > overflow interrupt  ( vector at adress 900 ). Is it the task  
> > switch? Or
> > is it an error in the decrementer init.
> 
> This should be a task switch.  The decrementer is used to handle the  
> periodic interrupt to switch processes.

I would have expected quite of few of these actually before you get
there :-)

Ben.

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