From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-mips); Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:49:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from extgw-uk.mips.com ([62.254.210.129]:10268 "EHLO bacchus.net.dhis.org") by ftp.linux-mips.org with ESMTP id S8134423AbWAIPs7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:48:59 +0000 Received: from denk.linux-mips.net (denk.linux-mips.net [127.0.0.1]) by bacchus.net.dhis.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k09Fpqqf012712; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:51:52 GMT Received: (from ralf@localhost) by denk.linux-mips.net (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k09FpqnB012711; Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:51:52 GMT Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:51:52 +0000 From: Ralf Baechle To: "Kevin D. Kissell" Cc: Sathesh Babu Edara , linux-mips@linux-mips.org Subject: Re: LL and SC instruction simulation Message-ID: <20060109155152.GF4286@linux-mips.org> References: <200601090742.k097gYaZ017304@lilac.hdcindia.analog.com> <200601090749.k097nFaZ017891@lilac.hdcindia.analog.com> <20060109145425.GA4286@linux-mips.org> <00af01c6152f$dc1863f0$10eca8c0@grendel> <20060109152148.GD4286@linux-mips.org> <20060109153028.GA6542@linux-mips.org> <00fd01c61533$ef797e30$10eca8c0@grendel> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <00fd01c61533$ef797e30$10eca8c0@grendel> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Return-Path: X-Envelope-To: <"|/home/ecartis/ecartis -s linux-mips"> (uid 0) X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org Original-Recipient: rfc822;linux-mips@linux-mips.org X-archive-position: 9819 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org Errors-to: linux-mips-bounce@linux-mips.org X-original-sender: ralf@linux-mips.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-mips On Mon, Jan 09, 2006 at 04:47:01PM +0100, Kevin D. Kissell wrote: > Hmm. I can think of at least one *very* high volume MIPS Linux platform still > manufactured by a very large Japanese electronics company where LL/SC > either isn't implemented or doesn't work... The user community of that platform of that four letter vendor still hasn't managed to upgrade their kernels to something that would even be remotely contemporary, so any 2.6 questions don't apply ... Ralf