Re: Linux-1.3.81
Aaron Ucko (UCKO@vax1.rockhurst.edu)
Tue, 02 Apr 1996 15:32:41 -0600 (CST)
>However the old behaviour should be selectable; I'm not only thinking of
>sysvinit that needs it but what about the Sparc port? Sparc Linux is
>capable of running SunOS binaries, but it needs the Sun select() behaviour
>ofcourse. Presumably the BSD compatibility library (libbsd.a) also needs it.
>Unlike the timeval structure, there is no way to emulate the old behaviour.
>
>Now don't ask me how to implement this.. Pity that there is no "flags"
>argument to the select() call.. An ioctl? Nah..
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