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DateMon, 1 Jun 1998 11:42:07 +0100
FromJamie Lokier <>
SubjectRe: test_and_set_bit() not atomic forever? [cli/sti in char/vt.c [patch]]
I wrote:
> Perhaps a fixup table to convert all the `lock's to `nop's at
> initialisation time?

ralf@uni-koblenz.de wrote:
> That's nonsense as only the SMP kernel uses the lock prefix.

Please reread.  We were talking about when people run SMP kernels on a
non-SMP system.

-- Jamie

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