From owner-freebsd-smp  Sat Jun 12  1:15: 6 1999
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From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>
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Subject: simple_lock() ?
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The simple_lock/unlock/try_lock stuff looks like precursor work towards
finer grained SMP.  Is this true?  right now it looks like it amounts
to a NOP in SMP and UP systems, is this also true?

thanks,
-Alfred 



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