Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:14:30 +1100 | From | zaharov <> | Subject | Re: SMP Kernel |
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Matias wrote: > Hello, > When an SMP enabled kernel is booted on a Dual Core x86 machine ( Core > 0-1 ) I guess the Kernel is decompressed and started on core 0. > At some point in time the kernel becomes SMP aware and can then > distribute threads on Cores 0 and 1. > > Now, does the non-threaded part of the kernel with the scheduler > continue to run solely on Core 0? > > Cheers // Matias > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > Kernel may run on any core . When kernel end bootstrap and run init he execute hlt op. After all live in kernel interrupt driven.
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