Re: modular net drivers

[Philipp Rumpf <prumpf@xxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Jun 24, 2000 at 08:47:33PM -0600, Richard Gooch wrote:
> Philipp Rumpf writes:
> > Oh ?  I wasn't aware kernel_threads could be rescheduled, unlike
> > normal kernel code, and in fact I still don't see how they would.
> 
> They can't. Once you're running in the kernel, you can't be pre-empted
> by another thread, unless you sleep or otherwise call schedule().

Nod, that's what it looked like to me.  Andrew, take your thinking cap
off again.