>>>>> "Erik" == Erik E Fair <fair@clock.org> writes:
    Erik> I'm beginning to wonder if it wouldn't be quicker to do minimal
    Erik> changes to NetBSD to support an MP (not SMP) configuration, where

  I would agree.

  Linux started that way, then moved the semaphores on each syscall slowly
downwards...

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