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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2000 00:37:29 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Benjamin C.R. LaHaise" <blah@kvack.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] atomic pte updates for x86 smp
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On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, David S. Miller wrote:

>    It's safe because of how x86s hardware works
> 
> What about other platforms?

If atomic ops don't work, then software dirty bits are still an option
(read as: it shouldn't break RISC CPUs).

		-ben

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