From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 29 16:07:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: gnome@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5E9D6106566C for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:07:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (marcuscom-pt.tunnel.tserv1.fmt.ipv6.he.net [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:ffff::1279]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07B0E8FC4A for ; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:07:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:2464::4] (shumai.marcuscom.com [IPv6:2001:470:1f00:2464::4]) by creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2TG55PK037541; Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:05:05 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Kevin Oberman In-Reply-To: <20080328172107.A39FB4500F@ptavv.es.net> References: <20080328172107.A39FB4500F@ptavv.es.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-OR6zzG5eRPZeZa6hIFiO" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:03:03 -0400 Message-Id: <1206806583.22569.12.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.22.0 FreeBSD GNOME Team Port X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,NO_RELAYS autolearn=ham version=3.2.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.4 (2008-01-01) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GAM_POLLER vs. kqueue X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:07:13 -0000 --=-OR6zzG5eRPZeZa6hIFiO Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 10:21 -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote: > I see the newest version of gamin provides the option of running the > GAM_POLLER instead of kqueue's. >=20 > Anyone have any guidance on pros and cons? I'm sticking to the default > unless I see a reason to change, but gam is annoying in that it can > prevent unmounting volumes, so I thought that this might be relevant. This option has been in gamin for a long time. It is generally preferable to stick with the default, and allow gamin to use kqueue when possible. The downside of that approach is that gamin opens a lot of file descriptors. Joe --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-OR6zzG5eRPZeZa6hIFiO Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAkfuaDcACgkQb2iPiv4Uz4dGTQCfQOBPDTsBNHhTS6ZFeCthwx/3 YhoAoJVHm1C5Sd4MXUD6/A3rz8ECiXkT =UCBU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-OR6zzG5eRPZeZa6hIFiO--