Re: Add pselect, ppoll system calls.
From: Ulrich Drepper
Date: Mon Jun 13 2005 - 11:37:44 EST
David Woodhouse wrote:
> Yes, we should make the time for ppoll() a 64-bit value, so you can
> request a time period longer than 24 days. Shall we also switch to
> microseconds?
I don't see the need for higher precision in this API and a change is
confusing. There is nanosleep() for people who only want a delay and
that can be done with high precision.
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