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From: ormonde@trem.cnt.org.br (Rodrigo Ormonde)
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Subject: splnet() and splx()
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Date: Fri, 24 May 1996 10:17:33 -0300 (GRNLNDST)
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Hello.

  I'm working inside the FreeBSD kernel and sometimes I see the following 
construction: (it is present in many modules)
 
	int s;	

        s = splnet();

	/* There is code here */ 

	splx(s);

  Does anybody know what are the functions splnet() and splx() ?

  Thanks in advance.

-- 
Rodrigo de La Rocque Ormonde
Confederacao Nacional do Transporte 
e-mail: ormonde@cnt.org.br