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Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 04:56:06 +1000
From: Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
To: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>
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On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 17:46:29 -0700
David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> wrote:
> "The sched_yield() function shall force the running thread to relinquish the 
> processor until it again becomes the head of its thread list. It takes no 
> arguments."

Notice how incredibly useless this definition is.  It's even defined in terms
of UP.

Rusty.
-- 
   there are those who do and those who hang on and you don't see too
   many doers quoting their contemporaries.  -- Larry McVoy
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