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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!pa.dec.com!decprl!decprl!boyd
  3. From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts)
  4. Subject: Re: The STREAMS scheduler
  5. Message-ID: <1992Aug25.201836.11268@prl.dec.com>
  6. Sender: news@prl.dec.com (USENET News System)
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: prl313.prl.dec.com
  8. Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Paris Research Laboratory
  9. References:  <gram.714739169@aim1>
  10. Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 20:18:36 GMT
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  13. As a general rule, do not spl() inside an interrupt routine.
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  15. Trying to enable a write side queue from an interrupt routine
  16. smacks of bad design.  Just what are you trying to communicate
  17. to the the write queue?
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  20. Boyd Roberts            boyd@prl.dec.com
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  22. ``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''
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