Subject: Re: Context switch revamp
To: Gregory McGarry <g.mcgarry@ieee.org>
From: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/12/2002 13:56:27
At 01:33 PM 9/12/2002, you wrote:
>I'm keen to separate the scheduler and the context switching
>functionality.  This is useful for the following reasons:
>
>         - simplifies the possibility of replacing the scheduler;
>         - aligns better with the scheduler activations changes;
>         - allows microtime optimisations if switching to self; and
>         - cleans up the horrendous cpu_switch() code.



>I'm looking for a "Let's do it, clean it up", or a "I don't think so".

Let's do it!


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