Re: [RFC 1/4] kevent: core files.

From: Nicholas Miell
Date: Sat Jul 29 2006 - 00:30:58 EST


On Fri, 2006-07-28 at 20:38 -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Zach Brown wrote:
> > Ulrich, would you be satisfied if we didn't
> > have the userspace mapped ring on the first pass and only had a
> > collection syscall?
>
> I'm not the one to make a call but why rush things? Let's do it right
> from the start. Later changes can only lead to problems with users of
> the earlier interface.
>

Speaking of API design choices, I saw your OLS paper and was wondering
if you were familiar with the Solaris port APIs* and, if so, you could
please comment on how your proposed event channels are different/better.


* http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/816-5168/6mbb3hrir?a=view

--
Nicholas Miell <nmiell@xxxxxxxxxxx>

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/