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Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:59:37 -0800 (PST)
From: David Brownell <david-b@pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/4] drivers: hwspinlock: add generic framework
To: MugdhaKamoolkar <mugdha@ti.com>, Ohad Ben-Cohen <ohad@wizery.com>
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My rule of thumb is that nothing is "generic"
until at least three whatever-it-is instances
plug in to it.  Sometimes this is called
the "Rule of Three".

Other than OMAP, what's providing hardware
spinlocks that plug into this framework?

- Dave

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