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Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Subject: Re: locking in a device driver
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On 11/02/05 03:51 Scott Long said the following:
> INTR_TYPE_TTY and spltty
[..snipped..]
> You'll also want to use an spl in the top half of the pseudo driver to
> cover where the pointers are read and changed.

thanx a bunch. i'll rewrite the portions affected based on yours and 
julian's suggestions and report back on how it went. this has been a very 
educating experience for me.

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