On Mon, Jan 18, 1999 at 08:41:18AM +0000, David Warnock wrote:
>
> Alan Cox one of the key kernel developers mentions a patch to allow a
> lot more file handles in his on-line diary at
>
> http://www.linux.org.uk/diary/
>
> I suggest youn try looking there (I think it will have more detailed
> references if you go further back.
>
> I also think I may have seen something about this at Linux Weekly
> news a while ago. Try searching at http://lwn.net/
The kernel does support it. The only problem is that the JVM is using
select(2) when it should use poll(2).
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