Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:11:41 -0400 From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@telenix.org> To: FreeBSD-Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: read with timeout ?? Message-ID: <489B9D4D.4010009@telenix.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have my head lost in a code problem. I just hit a point where I need to do a read from an fd, but I need to associate it with a timeout, on the order of 1 second, something like that. I had the feeling that there's a function in FreeBSD's libc that makes that simple, but I forget the function name. If anyone can remember something like what I'm talking about, I sure would appreciate a function name. I can figure out how it works, if I could only dredge up that name. I just wouldn't like to come up with 4 pounds of code where it ought to be done with a 1-liner. If you're curious, I'm still working on that tablet driver for FreeBSD. It's taken me this long to figure out that Xorg driver code. The Xorg folks have been helpful, but basically, there's almost no docs, nearly no comments, and testing a driver isn't the easiest thing in the world. Regardless, I'm getting really close on this, finally. Thanks -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkibnQoACgkQz62J6PPcoOlIaQCdG5R0p0X/hXVYh/qkX/zK63/E y+EAn3ahlXnPGPzqSdVdhbx1YsEjT4qr =bA6Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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