>Hi,
>
>The timeout(9F) manpage says:
>
>"The function called by timeout() must  adhere  to  the  same
>     restrictions as a driver soft interrupt handler.
>
>     The function called by timeout() is run in interrupt context
>     and must not sleep or call other functions that might sleep."
>
>Does this mean that a function which is called using a timeout, cannot
>use mutex_enter() ?

No it doesn't.  (My manual page only has "soft intererupt handler")

The example in the manual page does include mutex_enter().

Casper
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