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> guaranteed for 24 bits of a 32 bit value. funny old world, eh? :)<br><br>Wasn't that just for 32 bit floats though? They were implemented as a structure<br>that implied multiple write operations, they only garanteed the mantissa,<br>not the exponent. I am pretty sure integer memory IO was guaranteed as that<br>is where the 24 bits came from.<br><br>nick.<br><br>"we have to make sure the old choice [Windows] doesn't disappear”.<br>Jim Wong, president of IT products, Acer<br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:50:42 -0500<br>> From: paul@linuxaudiosystems.com<br>> To: radarsat1@gmail.com<br>> CC: linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org<br>> Subject: Re: [LAD] Atomic Operations<br>> <br>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Stephen Sinclair <radarsat1@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> > As far as I understand<br>> > this doesn't happen as long as you stick to the word size of the<br>> > architecture. (Anyone please correct me if I'm wrong about that.)<br>> <br>> unbelievably, perhaps, this was not true on SPARC. atomicity was only<br>> guaranteed for 24 bits of a 32 bit value. funny old world, eh? :)<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Linux-audio-dev mailing list<br>> Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org<br>> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev<br> <br /><hr />Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/middleeast/windows/windowslive/see-it-in-action/social-network-basics.aspx?ocid=PID23461::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-xm:SI_SB_1:092010' target='_new'>with what you do online.</a></body>
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