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From: root@jedi.edb.tih.no (Ragnvald T. Blindheim)
Newsgroups: comp.os.misc,comp.os.lynx,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.os.lynx,comp.os.mach,comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Need good OS for intel X86 platform. LINUX!!!
Date: 30 May 1994 06:52:55 GMT
Organization: Trondheim College of Engineering
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balister@maddog.async.vt.edu wrote:
: I think preempitive multitasking means a high priority task can
: interupt a lower priority task even if it's in the kernel. If someone has

Processes preemted when in kernel mode?   I don't think so.....
I'm *no* Linux-guru (not even a Linux-user :-),
but I don't think Linux can force preemption on processes while they
are in kernel mode.

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Ragnvald T. Blindheim           ragnvald@edb.tih.no
Utleirveien 6
7033 Trondheim
Norway