Re: PATCH: back at you

[Phil Edwards <phil at jaj dot com>]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 06:13:03PM -0500, Loren James Rittle wrote:
> The fact of the matter is that we are
> changing the effective ABI for this machine between 3.2 and 3.3.  I
> think we would all rather jump from code broken for i386 to tuned code
> that works for i386 instead of using generic mutex, if possible and
> with little risk.

I agree with that sentiment.

> > Also, athlon* doesn't need an entry.  [...] Likewise for k6 and
> > other "aliases".
> 
> OK, but I'm not touching it (under the "ain't broke, don't fix" rule ;-).

I'll probably clean out the dust when the per-port-export-symbols patch
goes in.

> I am qualified to review it; however it is the sort of change that
> needs multiple pairs of qualified eyes (cite plan 9 paper on topic).

(I love plan 9, what's that paper?)

Also, I have an SMP system, if you want more testing done.

Phil

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