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From: Tom Moran <tmoran@bix.com>
Subject: Re: Tasking Techniques - Opinions?
Date: 1997/06/03
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> A third
> module contains a "send task" that is in a short loop that
> removes entries from the send queue, transmits the data out the
> socket and then returns the packet buffer to the free pool.
What does this task do if there's nothing to send?  Does it sit and eat
CPU or is there some way it can go to sleep and be awakened when there's
work to do, or is it always busy and my question is irrelevant?