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Subject: Re: 2.2.18: static rtc_lock in nvram.c
To: Ulrich.Windl@rz.uni-regensburg.de (Ulrich Windl)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 09:33:41 +0000 (GMT)
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> browsing the sources for some problem I wondered why nvram.c uses a 
> static spinlock named rtc_lock, hiding the global one.

It only does that for the atari, where the driver isnt used by other things


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