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To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>
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From: Chuck Paterson <cp@bsdi.com>
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	Lets say its not a counter, but something that 
gets bits or'd into it. Seems that it better be
big enough to hold the bit that is going to be or'd
in? We have to worry about this today, I don't see
this changing just because we declare it atomic.

Chuck




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