idle threads - SMP

From: sridharv@ufl.edu
Date: Mon Mar 04 2002 - 01:37:49 EST


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

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