Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 03:39:10 -0700 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Chuck Paterson <cp@bsdi.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Preemptive kernel on older X86 hardware Message-ID: <20000525103910.D802F1CE1@overcee.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Message from Chuck Paterson <cp@bsdi.com> of "Thu, 25 May 2000 02:44:20 MDT." <200005250844.CAA19436@berserker.bsdi.com>
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Chuck Paterson wrote: > > The good news is that the actual implementation of the > mutexs is machine dependent and can change wildly over different > architectures with no need for the callers to know. > > Chuck I haven't read the whole thread yet, but I'd like to remind folks that we have an in-kernel linker that can probably help a bit. We can arrange to have either the SMP or UP versions of the mutex modules linked in depending on which type of system it is. A bit of work would be required to make this fly, but we have the infrastructure there. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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