In a seperate email Alan said the poll/select constraint will be fixed
before 2.2 is out (2.2 should be out for Xmas).

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Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 18:29:29 +0000 (GMT)
From: Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Dax Kelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux 2.1.131ac3

> > o   Big file handle sets done right (Bill Hawes, Stephen Tweedie)
>
> Does this mean the 256 file descriptor limit is gone?

There is still a constraint in poll/select that needs fixing, so you can
have lots of files now but only poll 256 at once. Thats the next one to
be targetted.

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