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Semaphores: Implementation

Semaphore Library is H/W independent. It provides the usual functionality of waiting on & signaling a semaphore. It also provides the functionality of timeouts in case of waiting. The implementation details and usage are discussed in the following sections.


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Soumyadeb Mitra 2002-08-07