> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:kernelnewbies-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Hiren Panchasara
> Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 9:08 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: A question
> 
> Process context is schedulable but interrupt context is not. Why and
> how?

Interrupt line can be shared by multiple interrupts or to avoid delay in
handling subsequent interrupts on single line - the handler has to be
quick enough. So we avoid scheduling out or sleeping inside the
interrupt handlers.

> Any examples I can look at?


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