be a way to update the
structure in a way that is MP safe, but I'll have
to think about it some more.
Sorry.
Allen (with foot planted firmly in mouth)
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Here's another alternative for reading structures like time
that always change monotonically: read the values in
"MSB" to "LSB" order, then go back and check in reverse
order that nothing has changed. For example, to read a
structure containing hours, minutes, seconds:
for (;;)
{ h = timep
Kazu,
The comments on Linux were not mine. But I was echo'ing the
orginal poster's request that the keyboard mapping and console
(screen) settings be set to defaults that make sense vis-a-vis
PC hardware and PC users' common expectations. That simply means
that, to the extent possible, the ESC,
I second this. I'm not a linux user, but as a FreeBSD newbie
I had a lot of trouble getting anywhere with console programs,
esp. emacs and various IDE's that I tried to install. The key
board mapping was difficult/impossible to figure out, and it
also seemed like cons25 didn't always work correc
According to the DPTA-3x spec from IBM, if the drive has fully entered
Standby mode, it can take up to 31 seconds for it to spin back up.
(See sections 3.3.6.1 and 13.0). Other drive models may take even
longer, and even after the drive is back up, it may take a few seconds
to respond to the
