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Document that blocking spinlocks are only available on Linux

Samuel Thibault 11 years ago
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@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ Small features:
   * Add codelet size, footprint and tag id in the paje trace.
   * Add codelet size, footprint and tag id in the paje trace.
   * Add STARPU_TAG_ONLY, to specify a tag for traces without making StarPU
   * Add STARPU_TAG_ONLY, to specify a tag for traces without making StarPU
     manage the tag.
     manage the tag.
-  * Spinlocks now block after a hundred tries. This avoids typical 10ms pauses
-    when the application thread tries to submit tasks.
+  * On Linux x86, spinlocks now block after a hundred tries. This avoids
+    typical 10ms pauses when the application thread tries to submit tasks.
 
 
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 Changes:
   * Data interfaces (variable, vector, matrix and block) now define
   * Data interfaces (variable, vector, matrix and block) now define