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From: yenchee@Jupiter.csie.nctu.edu.tw (Yeng-Chee Su)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: spl question
Date: 16 May 1994 11:55:42 GMT
Organization: Dep. Computer Sci. & Information Eng., Chiao Tung Univ., Taiwan, R.O.C
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  I'm looking the BSD's kernel code.  I found there are many spl?? function
in the source.  I know that is to adjust interrupt level, but I don't know
what it for?  Can anyone have the kernel experience to give me a hint?
Thanks.

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