From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:42:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:42:03 -0400 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:28147 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 21:41:59 -0400 Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 18:42:15 -0700 From: Mike Fedyk To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Preemptive kernel and vm management in 2.4.9 Message-ID: <20010920184215.A8738@mikef-linux.matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.22i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 05:19:46PM -0700, Samuel T Ting wrote: > Hello all, > > Lately, I have been hearing a lot about preemptive kernels on the list. > I have just started looking into kernel internals, so could somebody > explain what kernel preemption is? > > Also, how does virtual memory management in 2.4.9 work? > You should read the threads about preemption for the last couple months. Also, www.kernelnewbies.org and linux-mm.org are great. You should seriously think of reading archives and/or a web search before asking general questions like that. Mike