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Subject: Re: eventfd lookalike in FreeBSD ?
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On 28 Jul 2015, at 18:33, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> wrote:
>=20
> Windows has had this for years. It makes async network programming
> with thread worker queues significantly less abusive.

Can you do the same with Solaris completion ports?  It might be a good =
source of inspiration for a good API if so.

David