Subject: Re: Is the netBSD kernel Preemptible ?
To: Gary Thorpe <gat7634@hotmail.com>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@wasabisystems.com>
List: tech-perform
Date: 06/14/2002 14:37:52
"Gary Thorpe" <gat7634@hotmail.com> writes:
> Just a quick question: what does tsleep() do?

sleep and tsleep are ways of the current process in the kernel to
voluntarily give up control. preemption means involuntarily giving up
control.

Perry
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