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To: archie@dellroad.org
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	julian@elischer.org
Subject: Re: Timeout and SMP race
From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
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In message: <200207120504.g6C54m736085@arch20m.dellroad.org>
            Archie Cobbs <archie@dellroad.org> writes:
: Event-based programming is more efficient than threads when you
: don't require a stack to store your state while waiting for the
: event. Not sure how many instances there are in the kernel that
: could benefit from this however.

pccard/cardbus bridges could benefit.

Warner

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