On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 04:28, John Mahoney <jmahoney@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > I had read an article[1] a while back about a push in the real-time > kernel branch to make interrupt handlers scheduleable, but the article IIRC that's threaded interrupt handler...however, there is "basic part" that must be done in atomic style. Threaded handler is introduced to push more part of interrupt handler into schedulable context. I guess the real goal is reduce latency and maximize throughput (although maybe sacrifice responsivenee in certain degree). -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ