Re: Procure() and Vacate()

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From: Randell Jesup
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 1989 18:57

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In article <18069@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> navas@cory.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (David C. Navas) writes:
>hmmm, I'm sure it is.  I'll mostly be using signal semaphores -- but there
>is no way to wait on multiple semaphores (that I know of), so it's back
>to message-based sems.  I'm going to be sem'ing disk drive access for
>my Jazzbench programs, and I *need* a way to know when one of several drives
>becomes available (read:  fewer krunch-krunch-groin-groin!!)
>
>if anyone knows of a better way to do this, I'm open for suggestions.

	ObtainSemaphoreList()/ReleaseSemaphoreList().

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From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
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Subject: Re: Procure() and Vacate()
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Date: 9 Oct 89 18:57:51 GMT
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