Re: select()

[Arun Sharma <adsharma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 11:41:30AM +0530, Kedar Patankar wrote:
> > Yahoo/Filo suggestion, implemented by Jonathan Lemon is even better:
> > http://www.flugsvamp.com/~jlemon/fbsd/
> 
> I read the stuff, it is definitely interesting. Looks similar to the i/o
> completion ports on NT?? Or am I missing some important point???

It is similar to the I/O completion ports in that it tries to unify
a lot of different things into one API, but the thing that is special
about it is the state about "what is being watched" is maintained in
the kernel, sharable by multiple processes and modifiable by system
calls.

	-Arun