Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Thu, 13 Jul 2006 12:15:59 +0100 |
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Ar Mer, 2006-07-12 am 16:19 -0700, ysgrifennodd H. Peter Anvin: > glibc is (and has to be) LGPL. > > Anyway, it seems absolutely insane that having a programmable threshold > for spinning is patented...
I'm not aware programmable thresholds are patented/patent-pending, just having the kernel indicate through a shared variable whether other tasks are waiting so that it avoids syscalls and latency costs.
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