> On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 10:32:23AM -0400, Richard Guy Briggs wrote:
> > Now, in retrocomputing, what do I use in 2.0.38? I am supporting code
> > with compiler directives to support 3 major kernel versions. There is
> > no text in the 'Documentation' directory, except for file locks. I
> > have found include/asm/locks.h and include/asm/semaphore.h and am
> > looking for examples in the code.
>
> You basically don't need to worry for 2.0.38. In 2.0, there is only the
> big kernel lock, so only one processor may be in the kernel at a time.
I am noticing this in the existing code in 2.0.xx. The drivers that
have been ported simply redefine the spinlock calls to
save_flags(f);cli(); and sti();. In fact, I thought it quite
humourous!
Thanks!
> Matthew Wilcox <willy@bofh.ai>
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