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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Re: First MINIX source question
Message-ID: <7623@utzoo.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Feb-87 17:13:17 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  4 17:13:17 1987
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> Perhaps a better choice of words would be that lock is a moot point, since
> MINIX (currently) does not swap.
> 
> Perhaps a better design decision (for upgrade capability) would be to
> implement the lock system call, and have it merely set a locked-in-core
> flag in the kernel process table...

Actually, lock is a moot point for another reason:  no widely-distributed
software ever used it.
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