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Subject: Re: [PATCH 38 of 39] IB/ipath - More changes to support InfiniPath
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On Fri, 2006-07-07 at 08:37 +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:

> > +int ipath_unordered_wc(void)
> > +{
> > +	return 1;
> > +}
> 
> How is the above providing any kind of serialisation ?

It's not intended to; it tells the *caller* whether to do it.

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