Re: [take28-resend_1->0 0/8] kevent: Generic event handlingmechanism.

[jamal]

On Thu, 2006-21-12 at 17:36 +0300, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote:

> Btw, it uses only read/write/signal on fd events, so it must use
> ->poll() and thus be as fast as epoll. 
> 

It is supposed to "detect" the best mechanism in the kernel and switch
to that.
At the moment for example in my app it defaults to epoll.

> Things like sockets/pipes can only benefit from direct kevent usage 
> instead of ->poll() and wrappers.

You should be able change it to use those schemes when it detects
that the kernel supports them.

cheers,
jamal

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