idle threads - SMP

sridharv@ufl.edu
Mon, 4 Mar 2002 01:37:49 -0500

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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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