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Thread preemption and blocking IO & device drivers


Hi

    I have a general question about threads and IO blocking.


If I have 2 tasks A & B.   
A is higher priority (bitmap scheduler) and does a blocking read.

Is there anything special the driver has to do to let task B to run ???


Thanks

Roman F. Rycerz
Engr Section Mgr
Test & Tools
Motorola IESS, ACES, PCSG, PCG

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