Re: epoll (was Re: [PATCH] async poll for 2.5)

From: Mark Mielke (mark@mark.mielke.cc)
Date: Sat Oct 19 2002 - 01:56:24 EST

On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 12:16:48PM -0700, Davide Libenzi wrote:
> These functions are taken from the really simple example http server used
> to test/compare /dev/epoll with poll()/select()/rt-sig//dev/poll :

They still represent an excessive complicated model that attempts to
implement /dev/epoll the same way that one would implement poll()/select().

Sometimes the answer isn't emulation, or comparability.

Sometimes the answer is innovation.

mark 

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