[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > While i understand the mechanism of hardware interrupt priority, > I am curious to know how the priority levels are achieved/implemented > for software ( in particular the various layers of the TCP/IP stack.. > splxxx() ).
Stevens Volume 2 is the canonical reference. Basically, the code runs at NETISR, which is a software interrupt which is ran at splx() time. Look at the source code for splx() to get a better idea. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
