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.. _microkernel_fibers:
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Fiber Services
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Concepts
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A :dfn:`fiber` is a lightweight, non-preemptible thread of execution that
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implements a portion of an application's processing. Fiber-based services are
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often used in device drivers and for performance-critical work.
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A microkernel application can use all of the fiber capabilities that are
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available to a nanokernel application; for more information see
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:ref:`nanokernel_fibers`.
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While a fiber often uses one or more nanokernel object types to carry
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out its work, it also can interact with microkernel events and semaphores
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to a limited degree. For example, a fiber can signal a task by giving a
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microkernel semaphore, but it cannot take a microkernel semaphore. For more
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information see :ref:`microkernel_events` and :ref:`microkernel_semaphores`.
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.. _microkernel_server_fiber:
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Microkernel Server Fiber
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========================
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The microkernel automatically spawns a system thread, known as the
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*microkernel server* fiber, which performs most operations involving
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microkernel objects. The nanokernel scheduler decides which fibers
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get scheduled and when; it will schedule the microkernel server fiber
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when there are no fibers of a higher priority.
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By default, the microkernel server fiber has priority 0 (that is,
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the highest priority). However, this can be changed. If you drop its
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priority, the nanokernel scheduler will give precedence to other,
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higher-priority fibers, such as time-sensitive device driver or
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application fibers.
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Both the fiber's stack size and scheduling priority can be configured
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with the :option:`MICROKERNEL_SERVER_STACK_SIZE` and
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:option:`MICROKERNEL_SERVER_PRIORITY` configuration options,
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respectively.
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See also :ref:`microkernel_server`. |