cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/include _types.h src/sys/i386/include _types.h src/sys/net if_bridge.c src/sys/netinet ip_var.h src/sys/netinet6 ip6_var.h

[Peter Grehan]

> Yes, the alphas "load/store conditional" could, provided that the
> field is entirely inside a cache-line.

  PPC has a similar load/store construct when atomicity is required, and 
it has the advantage over Alpha in that it can do unaligned accesses :)

later,

Peter.