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From: karsh@trifolium.esd.sgi.com (Bruce Karsh)
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Subject: Re: Mips, Mach, test-and-set
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Date: 19 Oct 89 23:52:37 GMT
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In article <6565@pt.cs.cmu.edu> af@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Alessandro Forin) writes:
>The second solution for the Pmax is currently based on a new algorithm
>(derived from Lamport's) that does not need hardware support, as the
>hardware provides none.  

So what is this new algorithm?

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			Bruce Karsh
			karsh@sgi.com