VAX portt was Re: [HACKERS] configure on linux

> You misunderstand me. I didn't suggest removing the S_LOCK() et al
> macros. What I meant was that the actual assembly implementation of
> tas() itself might be better off in a separate source file. As an
> example, here is my current version of the locking code for the VAX,
> in s_lock.h (bbssi is "branch on bit set and set, interlocked"):
>
> static int tas(slock_t *lock) {

With the difficult bit done, maybe I should take a look at getting it
running on the old VMS uVAX-II I have sitting at home :-)

Andrew

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