From owner-cvs-all Fri Jun 5 05:45:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA10411 for cvs-all-outgoing; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 05:45:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (spinner.netplex.com.au [202.12.86.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA10397 for ; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 05:45:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from peter@netplex.com.au) Received: from spinner.netplex.com.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spinner.netplex.com.au (8.8.8/8.8.8/Spinner) with ESMTP id UAA01286; Fri, 5 Jun 1998 20:45:18 +0800 (WST) (envelope-from peter@spinner.netplex.com.au) Message-Id: <199806051245.UAA01286@spinner.netplex.com.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: dima@best.net cc: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans), committers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FD_SETSIZE In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 04 Jun 1998 17:02:49 MST." <199806050002.RAA15067@burka.rdy.com> Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 20:45:17 +0800 From: Peter Wemm Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Dima Ruban wrote: > Bruce Evans writes: > > >If I recall correctly, the -current select() implementation was enhanced t o > > >make better use of memory and copyin/out with large vector sizes. This ha s > > >not happened with -stable, so increasing the vector size might not be an > > >idea as it could have a [slight?] detrimental effect. I don't remember > > >the details of the situation well enough but I am pretty sure that there > > >was some reason why it wasn't taken across. > > > > I didn't merge the kernel changes because they wouldn't have fixed a bug. > > Which one bug? Bug in select()? There was no "bug", it was an improvement. That's one of the theoretical guidelines for what goes into -stable.... bugfixes go in, new features and enhancements do not. Well, that's the theory anyway, it's not followed too carefully as a lot of new features have gone in including some that probably shouldn't have. > > Bruce > > > > -- dima > Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm Netplex Consulting To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message