Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 14:24:28 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: kaleb@x.org (Kaleb S. KEITHLEY) Cc: avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: Forgiving select() call. Message-ID: <199605272124.OAA09092@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199605270003.UAA16209@exalt.x.org> from "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" at May 26, 96 08:03:20 pm
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> > Any thoughts on writing a poll() which allows a variable number of bits > > passed in the fd_set (or new) structure to get around FD_SETSIZE limits > > Poll is (finally) specified in Spec1170 and it doesn't use bits in an > fd_set. If you want a system call that does this, don't call it poll. And if you want a poll() system call that has beeter than 10ms timer resoloution, don't call it poll(). The select() call *does* have some advantages over poll(), still. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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