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From: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
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On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 06:43:27PM +0200, Joel Soete wrote:
> hmm what is an interlock? (just to complet my knowledge)

It's the logic in a CPU to stall an instruction which is waiting
for the results of a previous instruction.
ie the register contents used by the second instruction are not valid
until any previous instruction actually completes.

grant