Kernel is the Main thread of windows OS?

[engrsanjiv]

Hi,
I would like know that whether Windows Kernel is the Main thread of OS and all other process and thread are created from this main thread. Is this understanding correct?

Thanks

[Andreas Masur]

Well...the kernel is not a main thread in any sense...to answer your question would basically extend the frame of this forum, thus, I suggest you use a search engine such as Google and look for references on 'ntoskrnl.exe kernel windows' for example...

[NoHero]

A kernel supposed to do these things:


Basic communication with the hardware (Windows: Provide a interface to do so)
Process/Thread scheduling and management
Lolewel memory management: Mapping and Kernelmemory allocations
Handle basic IRQ's, Exceptions and interrupts
Provide a central communaction gateway to the other modules: drivers, services etc.
Prepare everything to boot the other components on startup
etc etc etc


Is the main part of an operating system.