Re: Use of mutex in interrupt context flawed/impossible, need advice.

Am Donnerstag 22 November 2007 schrieb Leon Woestenberg:
> I would like to know why this is not so, and if someone has a cleaner
> proposal than the "try spinlock" approach?

Keep the semaphore.

	Regards
		Oliver

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