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#;**************************************************************************
#;* Boolean OSCompareAndSwap(SInt32 oldValue, SInt32 newValue, SInt32 * ptr) *
#;**************************************************************************

	.globl _OSCompareAndSwap

_OSCompareAndSwap:
	#; this is _lame_, the project will not currently accept asm code that
	#; requires anything beyond a 386, but that chip:
	#; - does not support MP
	#; - does not support the cmpxchgl instruction
	#; - does not support the lock meta-instruction
	#; so what is a poor guy to do?  comment it out...
	pushl		%edi
	pushl		%esi
	movl		0+8+4(%esp),%eax	#; oldValue
	movl		4+8+4(%esp),%edi	#; newValue
	movl		8+8+4(%esp),%esi	#; ptr
	lock
	cmpxchgl	%edi,0(%esi)		#; CAS (eax is an implicit operand)
	sete		%al					#; did CAS succeed? (TZ=1)