On Sat, Nov 18, 2006 at 05:53:24PM -0500, Roger Clark wrote: > For instance, the maximum number of fds usable by select() on Win32 > (or other platforms) is low compared to the number of potential > connections needed by a high-throughput HTTP server.
Check out the C code; it's all there. :) On most platforms, the number of FDs passed to select() is not actually limited by the kernel; the only limitation is on the size of the fd_set structure. But libevent doesn't use fd_set. On unixlike systems, when select() is used, it builds its own bitfields; on Windows, it builds a counted array of fds. Of course, as noted, select() is very inefficient, and isn't used when libevent can avoid it. Check the list archives for some IOCP discussion. (Generally, it's a good idea to check the archives before posting about anything.) yrs, -- Nick Mathewson
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