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In message <433C0A4B.8030504@errno.com>, Sam Leffler writes:

>vmware is great for finding races like these because of the way it 
>handles concurrency.  I can remember finding many problems like this in 
>"client operating systems" when I worked on it.

Can you elaborate on the "the way it handles concurrency" without
violating any paperwork ?  It sounds like something we should know
about...

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