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Date:      Sat, 12 Aug 2000 22:11:45 -0600
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Jonas Bulow <jonas.bulow@servicefactory.se>
Cc:        Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IPC, shared memory, syncronization
Message-ID:  <39962001.35378CFE@softweyr.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.20.0008112101590.6759-100000@mini.acl.lanl.gov> <39952437.EFCAA381@servicefactory.se>

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Jonas Bulow wrote:
> 
> Ronald G Minnich wrote:
> >
> > I don't know about the "bsd" or whatever way. If you're doing real
> > parallel programming and want real performance, you'll use a test-and-set
> > like function that uses the low-level machine instructions for same.
> 
> That is exacly what I'm looking for! I found it to be overkill to
> involve the kernel just because I wanted to have a context switch during
> the "test-and-set".

Precisely how do you expect to "have a context switch" without "involving
the kernel"?

-- 
            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/


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