linux-kernel - Re: Why Semaphore Hardware-Dependent?

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Message-ID: <20060829165352.GA20453@linux-mips.org>
Date:	Tue, 29 Aug 2006 17:53:52 +0100
From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>
To:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:	Christoph Lameter <clameter@....com>,
	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Dong Feng <middle.fengdong@...il.com>, ak@...e.de,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Why Semaphore Hardware-Dependent?

On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 05:25:02PM +0100, David Howells wrote:

> Some of these have LL/SC or equivalent instead, but ARM5 and before, FRV, M68K
> before 68020 to name but a few.

68k before 68020 isn't supported by Linux anyway.

  Ralf
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