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[cacao.git] / src / mm / boehm-gc / libatomic_ops-1.2 / doc / README.txt

diff --git a/src/mm/boehm-gc/libatomic_ops-1.2/doc/README.txt b/src/mm/boehm-gc/libatomic_ops-1.2/doc/README.txt
index e7c2f0d1c5bd4900d727b31dc4c5e8961d6f6d0b..29c8597693a75e4670596d49fa567be9e4fee556 100644 (file)
--- a/src/mm/boehm-gc/libatomic_ops-1.2/doc/README.txt
+++ b/src/mm/boehm-gc/libatomic_ops-1.2/doc/README.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ are also specified:
 
 void nop()
        No atomic operation.  The barrier may still be useful.
-AO_t load(volatile AO_t * addr)
+AO_t load(const volatile AO_t * addr)
        Atomic load of *addr.
 void store(volatile AO_t * addr, AO_t new_val)
        Atomically store new_val to *addr.
@@ -230,15 +230,11 @@ Platform notes:
 
 All X86: We quietly assume 486 or better.
 
-Windows:
-Currently AO_REQUIRE_CAS is not supported.
-
 Microsoft compilers:
 Define AO_ASSUME_WINDOWS98 to get access to hardware compare-and-swap
 functionality.  This relies on the InterlockedCompareExchange() function
 which was apparently not supported in Windows95.  (There may be a better
-way to get access to this.)  Currently only X86(32 bit) is supported for
-Windows.
+way to get access to this.)
 
 Gcc on x86:
 Define AO_USE_PENTIUM4_INSTRS to use the Pentium 4 mfence instruction.