--- Peter Wemm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- Hiten Pandya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just wondering, are these the kind of problems which can be solved by > > using the kqueue(2) mechanism, or am I talking nuts again? > > > > Regards. > > Yes, kqueue solves it nicely. I overestimated the work required. In > fact, it looks like it would be quite easy to do. There are three places > that need work. > src/util/events.c (the main event loop, keeps a persistent select mast) > src/util/readable.c (quick select-until-readable) > src/util/writable.c (quick select-until-writable) > > events.c is practically begging to be converted to kqueue as it has > explicit init/register/unregister/loop type operation that allows callers > to register/unregister callbacks for given fd's when they become readable > or writable. This is the exact scenario that kqueue is ideal for. > > The other two are not heavily used and could quickly whip up their own mini > kqueue for the task.
Sounds like a good task for someone with time in their hands. ;) As an example: http://www.monkeys.com/freeware/kqueue-echo.c, someone might find that useful. Regards. -- Hiten Pandya -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
