* Vishwanath P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010319 20:48] wrote:
> Hi ,
>
> can any one help me with this.
> how is the tcp/ip stack running.is it a single process? or is it
> running as multiple processes.
> pls tell me if i do ps -aef which is the process concerned with the
> tcp/ip stack implementation.
>
> As far as i know inetd daemon has daemons for applications like
> telnet, ftp etc... But how abt the actual stack where is it ie which
> is the process?
The stack is run inside the kernel, there's really no seperate
process for it. It either runs in user context or interrupt
context (usually interrupt), but it only borrows context from
the consumer of the stack.
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