Re: [PATCH 5/5] remove HAVE_ARCH_CMPXCHG

Hi,

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005, Nick Piggin wrote:

> Is there any point in keeping this around?

Yes, for drivers which want to use it to synchronize with userspace.
Alternatively it could be changed into a Kconfig definition.

bye, Roman
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