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From: napi@rangkom.MY (Mohd Hanafiah b. Abdullah)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: test and set facility
Keywords: MIPS
Message-ID: <200@rangkom.MY>
Date: 13 Oct 89 02:59:38 GMT
Organization: MIMOS, Malaysia
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I may have missed the obvious, but how would one implement
semaphore type operations on a MIPS machine as I have not
noticed any "test and set" instruction available. External hardware
perhaps?

Thanks in advance.

Mohd Hanafiah Abdullah

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