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-  Lines: 16
-  Date:
Sun Mar 24 12:09:36 1996
-  Orig file: 
v1.3.77/linux/include/asm-alpha/atomic.h
-  Orig date: 
Thu Mar 21 20:36:53 1996
diff -u --recursive --new-file v1.3.77/linux/include/asm-alpha/atomic.h linux/include/asm-alpha/atomic.h
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-#ifndef __ARCH_I386_ATOMIC__
-#define __ARCH_I386_ATOMIC__
+#ifndef __ARCH_ALPHA_ATOMIC__
+#define __ARCH_ALPHA_ATOMIC__
 
 /*
  * Atomic operations that C can't guarantee us.  Useful for
- * resource counting etc..
+ * resource counting etc...
+ *
+ * But use these as seldom as possible since they are much more slower
+ * than regular operations.
  */
 
 /*
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