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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2013-01-08 21:03:52 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2013-01-08 21:03:52 +0100 |
| commit | a91114fc89dd554494801349e57bd5d29454a8b1 (patch) | |
| tree | f1d86e5402becb0560ba2d42ea5b018ee64be800 /microkernel | |
| parent | 9c30d20f22b518f4505d405df41210644ecd51a3 (diff) | |
| parent | b2a0cdbf0cc6d70d1b00301f8808111024bed962 (diff) | |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'savannah/master'
Diffstat (limited to 'microkernel')
| -rw-r--r-- | microkernel/mach/thread.mdwn | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/microkernel/mach/thread.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/thread.mdwn index e27bb117..ccce643e 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/thread.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/thread.mdwn @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] A Mach *thread* belongs to exactly one [[task]], and is the means of execution. The task supplies the resources. -Mach threads are implemented inside the [[kernel]], as opposed to other -systems' user-level thread packages. +Mach threads are implemented inside the [[kernel]], like in many operating +systems, unlike some user-level thread packages (aka "green" threads). A thread (theoretically) runs concurrently with all the other threads of a system. If the system provides several processors, they can be used for |