On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 02:04 -0800, Universe Hacker wrote: > i have worked in linux kernel 2.2.2.I think Device Drivers are preemptive > in that version but i don't know about 2.2.4. would u pls help me in this > case? No, they are not preemptive in 2.2. They are in 2.6. There is no difference between 2.2.2 and 2.2.4 - we certainly did not roll out kernel preemption in the middle of a stable series ;-) Robert Love -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/