Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932339AbVLPP6Z (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:58:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932341AbVLPP6Y (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:58:24 -0500 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:56331 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932339AbVLPP6X (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:58:23 -0500 Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:58:11 +0000 From: Russell King To: David Howells Cc: Linh Dang , Nick Piggin , Arjan van de Ven , Andrew Morton , Alan Cox , Christopher Friesen , torvalds@osdl.org, hch@infradead.org, matthew@wil.cx, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/19] MUTEX: Introduce simple mutex implementation Message-ID: <20051216155811.GE1222@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: David Howells , Linh Dang , Nick Piggin , Arjan van de Ven , Andrew Morton , Alan Cox , Christopher Friesen , torvalds@osdl.org, hch@infradead.org, matthew@wil.cx, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org References: <1134558188.25663.5.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1134558507.2894.22.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <1134559470.25663.22.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20051214033536.05183668.akpm@osdl.org> <15412.1134561432@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> <11202.1134730942@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> <43A2BAA7.5000807@yahoo.com.au> <20051216132123.GB1222@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> <20058.1134748001@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20058.1134748001@warthog.cambridge.redhat.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 710 Lines: 20 On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 03:46:41PM +0000, David Howells wrote: > Russell King wrote: > > > Do you now see what I mean? (yup, ARM is a llsc architecture.) > > Out of interest, at what point did ARM become so? ARM6? Yes, ARM architecture version 6. See the ldrex (load exclusive) / strex (store exclusive) instructions. -- Russell King Linux kernel 2.6 ARM Linux - http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/ maintainer of: 2.6 Serial core - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/