On Fri, 23 Mar 2007, Nick Piggin wrote: > On Fri, Mar 23, 2007 at 11:04:18AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > * Nick Piggin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Implement queued spinlocks for i386. [...] > > > > isnt this patented by MS? (which might not worry you SuSE/Novell guys, > > but it might be a worry for the rest of the world ;-) > > I never thought a FIFO queue would be patentable. > > Do you have a reference to the patent number?
FWIW, MS patented even the preprocessor in computer languages ;) Holding a patent does not make it automatically enforceable. I remember thare was a discussion time ago about queued spinlocks on lkml. - Davide - 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/
