Hi, And also that unlike the processes can be pre- empted,while the kernel cannnot. In that particular case you may have performance gains if you have something in the kernel, rather than being in the user space, as it runs continuously. rgds, Kedar. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mcen navaraj" <mcensamuel@yahoo.com> To: <redhat-devel-list@redhat.com>; <kernelnewbies@nl.linux.org>; <torvalds@transmeta.com>; <jknapka@earthlink.net> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 1:47 AM Subject: user and kernel space ? > > hi, > > what is the use of two privilege level ? > is there any performance is increase if we implement > some > program in the kernel space ? > > in linux please tell me in which space ( user or > kernel ) > the X11 is implemented ? > why i am asking this question means if sometimes the > system > hangs , only the start menu ( that is k in kde ) is > quickly > popup's.Another reason for asking this question is my > friend told the desktop in windows95 is implemented in > the > kernel space. > > please give me some useful info ( anything related to > the > windows or linux ). > > thanks > bye > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes > http://finance.yahoo.com > -- > Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ > FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/ > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/