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> >> I note that NetBSD has had the poll system call for some time. Are
> >> there any plans to integrate one of the few nice SYSV'isms into
> >> FreeBSD (it would make porting some code a snap).
> > 
> > At least, it hasn't been diminished to be a bad idea.
> 
> I implemented an openbsd-style implementation of poll() some time ago
> but it was mixed up in the middle of the upages stuff so it lot left.
> Since then, NetBSD have done a much better implementation, I'm very tempted
> to back out what I've done and start from scratch while looking at the
> NetBSD method.

Jeffrey Hsu mentioned that having poll(2) would be a great boon to
getting the JDK working in FreeBSD better, so if that encourages you in
any way.... *grin*



Nate