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Re: pserialize(9) vs. TAILQ



On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 01:05:05PM +0800, Dennis Ferguson wrote:
> 
> find hardware which behaves like this to test on).  I haven't
> heard anything one way or the other concerning support for MP
> Alphas, but the implicit message from the current state of
> the code is that an MP Alpha isn't a NetBSD target.

We do run on a pretty good variety of multiprocessor Alpha systems.
Whether it's worth the effort to ensure we continue to do so... well,
it might be worth at least a policy of "do no harm" (in other words,
declaring the necessary barrier operation and using it where we notice
it is needed).

Thor


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