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From: napi@rangkom.MY (Mohd Hanafiah b. Abdullah)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Lamport's Baker's algorithm.
Keywords: test and set facility.
Message-ID: <203@rangkom.MY>
Date: 27 Oct 89 08:17:13 GMT
Organization: MIMOS, Malaysia
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Could anybody please explain to me the details of Lamport's Baker's algorithm?
The algorithm is supposed to facilitate implementing the "test and set"
instruction for use in semaphore type operations, therefore, must be 
indivisible. 

Thank you in advance.

Mohd Hanafiah Abdullah.