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- Lines: 16
- Date:
Fri Apr 12 09:49:31 1996
- Orig file:
v1.3.86/linux/arch/sparc/kernel/smp.c
- Orig date:
Mon Mar 4 08:49:56 1996
diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.86/linux/arch/sparc/kernel/smp.c linux/arch/sparc/kernel/smp.c
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
static volatile int smp_commenced = 0;
-/* The only guarenteed locking primitive available on all Sparc
- * processors is 'ldstub [%addr_reg + imm], %dest_reg' which atomicly
+/* The only guaranteed locking primitive available on all Sparc
+ * processors is 'ldstub [%addr_reg + imm], %dest_reg' which atomically
* places the current byte at the effective address into dest_reg and
* places 0xff there afterwards. Pretty lame locking primitive
* compared to the Alpha and the intel no? Most Sparcs have 'swap'
- * instruction which is muct better...
+ * instruction which is much better...
*/
klock_t kernel_lock;
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