in reality, select() was universal to all kerns' !. poll() was software
emmalated in the 2.0.xx series. poll() was the orig choice of system call,
but history took a different turn on the linux boxes, where the functi
onality of poll had to be recreated so that most of the linux world would
run on it!
gat
Herbert Xu wrote:
> 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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