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From: "Bruce M. Simpson" <bms@FreeBSD.org>
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To: Ignacio Rey <unixero@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: networking code and splx()
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Ignacio Rey wrote:
> ...
> The question is: Have calls to these functions been wrapped? or are they
> simply not used in this context?
>   
splx() and friends have been no-ops since FreeBSD 5.x was branched. 
Synchronization is now done using other mechanisms such as mutexes and 
spin locks. See the new man page locking(9) in -CURRENT.

Regards,
BMS