El Mon, Apr 23, 2007 at 09:17:53AM +0100 Christoph Hellwig ha dit: > On Sun, Apr 22, 2007 at 07:50:36PM -0400, Kyle Moffett wrote: > > On Apr 22, 2007, at 17:39:59, Matthias Kaehlcke wrote: > > >use spinlock instead of binary mutex in idt77252 driver > > > > I think you really meant: "Use mutex instead of binary semaphore in > > idt77252 driver", since this is a binary semaphore (not a mutex, > > which are always binary): > > And the binary semaphore terminology i a little confusing. struct > semaphore is a full counting semaphore that is only used as a binary > semaphore if we want to speak in CS terms. Than everyone else just > caled them semaphore before these patches started to show up :)
i'll take your suggestion into account for future patches. my intention behind the usage of the term binary semaphore was to be more precise, but i agree that it can be confusing -- Matthias Kaehlcke Linux Application Developer Barcelona I am incapable of conceiving infinity, and yet I do not accept finity (Simone de Beauvoir) .''`. using free software / Debian GNU/Linux | http://debian.org : :' : `. `'` gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 47D8E5D4 `- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/