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Originally Posted by wireties
It is close, but not entirely correct in 2004 or now. There are 5 states:
pending - blocked forever waiting on a system resource
delayed - blocked for a number of system ticks
etc., etc.
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See the section entitled "Tasks and Multitasking" in...
C:\WindRiver\docs\extensions\eclipse\plugins\com.w indriver.ide.doc.vxworks\vxworks_kernel_programmer s_guide_6.3
Not that your paraphrasing of the information there is wrong, there's just more there.
Also note that tasks are ready, pended, running, or suspended.
The other states have more to do with why a task is pended or suspended.