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Subject: Re: Mutexes and semaphores (was: cvs commit: src/sys/conf 
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> > 
> > I'm  not sure I agree. Having lived through Solaris hell with recursive mutex
> > panics, I rather like the BSD/OS approach.
> 
> chiming in on this a bit late, but nevertheless this begs the question:
> aren't you shooting the messanger here?

Disagreement != shooting.




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