From owner-cvs-sys Sun Feb 16 16:26:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA09142 for cvs-sys-outgoing; Sun, 16 Feb 1997 16:26:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from lestat.nas.nasa.gov (lestat.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.50.29]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA09130; Sun, 16 Feb 1997 16:26:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lestat.nas.nasa.gov (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA27668; Sun, 16 Feb 1997 16:22:42 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199702170022.QAA27668@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> X-Authentication-Warning: lestat.nas.nasa.gov: Host localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Bruce Evans Cc: mpp@freefall.freebsd.org, peter@spinner.dialix.com, ache@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-sys@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/sys types.h Reply-To: Jason Thorpe From: Jason Thorpe Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 16:22:42 -0800 Sender: owner-cvs-sys@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 17 Feb 1997 00:28:19 +1100 Bruce Evans wrote: > >> Sounds like it is time for us to implement the poll system > >> call. I noticed that OpenBSD has already done so. > > > >So have I.. But then again, you're all probably sick of hearing > >that by now :-] > > How much slower would it be? :-) You might want to take a look at NetBSD's poll(2) implementation. Note that to really do poll correctly (i.e. not have the same limitations as select(2)), you need to change the interface to the device drivers that implement select entry points. Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: 408.866.1912 NAS: M/S 258-6 Work: 415.604.0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: 415.428.6939