QUESTION: What is [kernel idle] process?

From: Ian M. Veach <ivo_at_scs.unr.edu>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:12:25 -0700 (PDT)

Managers:

Does anyone have pointers to docs, or would someone care to explain
exactly what the following DU process is and, specifically, what it does:
        [kernel idle] (from ps aux)

More curious than anything else...

thanks,
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