Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ames!eos!shelby!portia!byrd From: byrd@portia.Stanford.EDU (Greg Byrd) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mips Subject: atomic instructions on R2000 Message-ID: <5458@portia.Stanford.EDU> Date: 2 Oct 89 22:33:48 GMT Sender: Greg ByrdReply-To: byrd@Portia.Stanford.EDU (Greg Byrd) Distribution: comp.sys.mips,comp.arch Organization: Stanford University Lines: 6 This may be a naive question, but... In Kane's MIPS R2000 book, I can't find any reference to atomic instructions, like swap or test-and-set. Are there really none, or am I missing something? If not, how do MIPS-based multiprocessors implement locks?