Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:03:03 -0400 From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: GAM_POLLER vs. kqueue Message-ID: <1206806583.22569.12.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com> In-Reply-To: <20080328172107.A39FB4500F@ptavv.es.net> References: <20080328172107.A39FB4500F@ptavv.es.net>
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--=-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--
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