Subject: test-and-set
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Kamal Prasad <kamalpr@yahoo.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/09/2003 22:35:20
Hello,
I understand that spinlocks are implemented (on i386)
using test-and-set atomic instructions. can someone
tell me how it(spinlock) is implemented on
multi-processor systems?
thanks
-kamal
p.s:- Im not subscribed to the mailing list.
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