CAS implementation may be broken

[Toby Douglass]

I wrote:
 > Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:

 >> (I argued initially for a LL / SC interface but the arguments
 >> I was making were shot down by Linus et.al. as completely
 >> unreasonable and technically idiotic.)

 > Were they?

My question is I think in hindsight misinterpretable.

What I mean is; you're a reasonable and intelligent bloke.  You have 
your views in this matter and Linus et al have theirs; they thought what 
you said was crazy.  Having heard them out, what did you think of what 
they said?  were there valid arguments in there?