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Subject: Re: eventfd lookalike in FreeBSD ?
From: Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com>
To: David Chisnall <theraven@freebsd.org>
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On 28 July 2015 at 10:42, David Chisnall <theraven@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 28 Jul 2015, at 18:33, Adrian Chadd <adrian.chadd@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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.

I don't think you can do it with the solaris event ports. I don't know
about their more later stuff.


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