Re: spinlocks

> ones with commit access set the priorities. (Still, it would be nice at
> least to have typos fixed in README.SMP ;)

Doesn't take much to do that; if you see the typos why not submit a diff?

-f
http://www.blackant.net/


--- README.SMP.o        Thu Mar 20 21:45:48 2003
+++ README.SMP  Thu Mar 20 21:50:11 2003
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-The SMP branch is irregularily updated from the trunk.  To do this
+The SMP branch is irregularly updated from the trunk.  To do this
 you mainly need to carry out the following procedure.

 * Determine the new synchronization tag to use.  There are two used
   alternately; SMP_SYNC_A and SMP_SYNC_B.  You can use several hueristics
   to find out which one was used last, and then use the other one.
-  For example, CVSROOT/history* files gives you information about tag
+  For example, CVSROOT/history* files give you information about tag
   operations in lines matching '^T'.  Call the tag you will be using
   for $NEW_TAG and the other one $OLD_TAG.

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   $ cvs get -rSMP -kk src/sys

 * Go into src/sys and merge from the trunk (make sure that the repository
-  you use have the new tags from the tagging above, i.e. don't use a
mirror
+  you use has the new tags from the tagging above, i.e. don't use a
mirror
   that has not been updated since that step):

   $ cvs up -j$OLD_TAG -j$NEW_TAG -kk
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     I) Readdition of files that have gone dead.  They need to have
        the timestamp in the Entries file changed to /dummy timestamp/
        in order to be accepted by commit.
-    II) Under som circumstances cvs just bombs on a file leaving it
+    II) Under some circumstances cvs just bombs on a file leaving it
         updated and locked in the repository.  In that case something
         like this is needed:

@@ -53,4 +53,4 @@

   $ cvs -q rdiff -u -r$NEW_TAG -rSMP

-  It should just by differences related to multiprocessor support.
+  It should just be differences related to multiprocessor support.