El Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 09:17:53AM +0100 Christoph Hellwig ha dit:
> On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 07:50:36PM -0400, Kyle Moffett wrote:
> > On Apr 22, 2007, at 17:39:59, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote:
> > >use spinlock instead of binary mutex in idt77252 driver
> >
> > I think you really meant: "Use mutex instead of binary semaphore in
> > idt77252 driver", since this is a binary semaphore (not a mutex,
> > which are always binary):
>
> And the binary semaphore terminology i a little confusing. struct
> semaphore is a full counting semaphore that is only used as a binary
> semaphore if we want to speak in CS terms. Than everyone else just
> caled them semaphore before these patches started to show up :)
i'll take your suggestion into account for future patches. my
intention behind the usage of the term binary semaphore was to be more
precise, but i agree that it can be confusing
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