>>>>> On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 09:00:06 +0200,
	"Oliver.Korpilla@gmx.de" <Oliver.Korpilla@gmx.de> said:

> I think I've made an interesting observation: Fine grained locking and 
> preemption are not identical.

That's right.
Fine grained locking itself is useful both with or without preemptive
kernel.

> Even with the biglock you can implement preemption.

Well, this is doubtful, if it's really the biglock,
because process queue itself is locked by the biglock.
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