the standard explanation of context related to linux is that there are three "contexts" one can be in at any time: * user context * kernel, process context * kernel, interrupt context but that's clearly(?) an incomplete (or not refined enough) list, since it doesn't include kernel threads, and a quick google showed this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9389688/in-what-context-kernel-thread-run... so is there a more refined or up-to-date list of contexts which explains them fairly well, including the subtle distinctions? thanks. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA http://crashcourse.ca Twitter: http://twitter.com/rpjday LinkedIn: http://ca.linkedin.com/in/rpjday ========================================================================