> futexes dont require a MMU. 

I do know this, but I intend to use the upcoming NIOS/MMU architecture
and I was told that Futex is yet to do for same.

> 
> there is an include/asm-generic/futex.h and i pointed out that using 
> sh/include/asm/futex.h, we could create a default generic UP version by 
> turning off interrupts for atomic code:
> http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/3/70
>

Turning off interrupts in user code is not possible with NIOS/MMU (same
with x86), if I understand the hardware documents correctly.

> these are questions better suited for lkml

Thanks for the pointer. What exactly is lkml ? Will I be welcome there ?

-Michael
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