cvs commit: src/sys/dev/fxp if_fxp.c if_fxpvar.h

Andrew R. Reiter arr at watson.org
Tue Apr 29 15:27:38 PDT 2003


On Tue, 29 Apr 2003, Nate Williams wrote:

:> A mutex is far more expensive than an spl.
:
:Huh?  If so, then something is *really* screwed up, since SPL's block
:out lots of things, while mutex's can/should block little things.
:
:That's how we get greater parrallelism.

Or does he mean it's more expensive b/c of the bus locks?

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