Re: [tlug] Giving a program priority briefly

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 11/06/07, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@example.com> wrote:

> Josh Glover writes:
>
>  > On 11/06/07, Niels KobschÃtzki <n.kobschaetzki@example.com> wrote:
>  >
>  > > I assume that this answer means that the TCP/IP-stack does not run in
>  > > single user mode? :)
>
>  > Yup. :)
>
> Er, what stops it from running, if you have it and the hardware driver
> built in, and not loaded as a module?
[...]
> I don't really care if I win this one, but I do worry about loose talk
> like "no networking in single user mode".

Hrm, now that you mention it, I don't know what stops the stack from
running. I have always "known" that it doesn't, but I dunno why.

Let me see if I have an hour to dive into the kernel and see if I
cannot find a definitive answer (i.e. link to the kernel's LXR[1]
instance).

Cheers,
Josh

[1] http://lxr.linux.no/