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authordd <dd@FreeBSD.org>2002-10-02 00:09:24 +0000
committerdd <dd@FreeBSD.org>2002-10-02 00:09:24 +0000
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Remove the "special processes" section. It has rotted, and the idea
ceased to be useful when the number of "special processes" went from 3 to one per device. I considered replacing it with a "kernel threads" section, but this seemed like the wrong place for that. PR: 40969
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@@ -572,13 +572,6 @@ for the super-user.)
A process is recognized as a
.Em super-user
process and is granted special privileges if its effective user ID is 0.
-.It Special Processes
-The processes with process IDs of 0, 1, and 2 are special.
-Process 0 is the scheduler. Process 1 is the initialization process
-.Xr init 8 ,
-and is the ancestor of every other process in the system.
-It is used to control the process structure.
-Process 2 is the paging daemon.
.It Descriptor
An integer assigned by the system when a file is referenced
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