From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jan 8 20:38:27 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id UAA28402 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 8 Jan 1997 20:38:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with SMTP id UAA28397 for ; Wed, 8 Jan 1997 20:38:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from rover.village.org [127.0.0.1] by rover.village.org with esmtp (Exim 0.56 #1) id E0viCEE-0004AT-00; Wed, 8 Jan 1997 21:36:34 -0700 To: Terry Lambert Subject: Re: mmap() updates...how often? Cc: wong@rogerswave.ca, proff@suburbia.net, hackers@freebsd.org In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 08 Jan 1997 17:42:47 MST." <199701090042.RAA17405@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <199701090042.RAA17405@phaeton.artisoft.com> Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 21:36:34 -0700 From: Warner Losh Message-Id: Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The normal way that I've seen this sort of signalling done in the past is a pipe and a single byte write... Much more reliable than signals, but likely a little slower. Warner