Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 00:00:13 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "John Baldwin" <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jeremiah@sherline.com>, "Gilbert Gong" <ggong@cal.alumni.berkeley.edu>, <advocacy@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: Microsoft Advocacy? Message-ID: <02b301c189aa$1a1872a0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <XFMail.011220145102.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John writes: > Err, this is not valid. There aren't 4 statements > there are two: No. There are multiple variables that can be negated. I count at least four: OS is FreeBSD (true or false) OS is suitable for use (true or false) Use is desktop (true or false) Circumstances are specific (true or false) > Yes, I'm fairly sure. Fairly sure? Not certain? > Do you have any notion of how Unix works? I haven't looked at the specific code in UNIX, but all operating systems do this in very much the same way. > However, if we know we are not SMP (i.e. a UP > kernel) we don't have to worry about synchronizing > with another CPU, and can simply disable interrupts. Unless, of course, there are interrupts that you must service but cannot mask, in which case you are (often) hosed. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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