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). ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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.
