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> Synchronization with ISRs. This normally means disabling
interrupts to prevent the ISR running during a critical
section. In an SMP environment, this will also require the use of
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other CPUs. This is implemented by the
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> Synchronization with DSRs. This will be implemented in the kernel
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> Synchronization with threads. This is implemented with mutexes
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