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From: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
To: ashish anand <ashish_ibm@rediffmail.com>
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Subject: Re: is cli/sti pair interruptible..?
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On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 02:59:37PM -0000, ashish  anand wrote:

> what prevents cli/sti pair not to be interrupted during their operation..?

Nothing.

  Ralf