Re: [PATCH] Rename "swapper" to "idle"

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On Fri, 2006-04-21 at 17:08 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >> > Swapper does not do these things. It just happens to be "running" at that time (and it is always running if the system is idle).
> >> >
> >> > IOW, it is indeed an "idle" process. In fact, all it does is cpu_idle().
> >> 
> >> Really? Are your sure that swapper only does cpu_idle()???
> >
> >Yes.
> >Idle is by definition Nothing.
> >

> So call it "voidd" :>

That should be "kvoidd" :P

-- Steve


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