Re: select()/socket has problems under 2.2.x.

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 27 Apr 1999 19:34:18 +0100 (BST)

> again later. It was gross, but it worked and solved most of these
> serial link problems. It can't be done anymore, trust me when I say
> that we are better off without that code existing any more :-)

Its actually pretty easy to restore for 2.3 if you take a different
tack. Instead of yanking the buffer you mark it "surplus". High latency
low speed drivers can then check the flag.

Alan

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