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From: Mark Mielke <mark@mark.mielke.cc>
To: Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com>
Cc: Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmailserver.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [rfc] epoll interface change and glibc bits ...
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:53:45 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021119035345.GA16798@mark.mielke.cc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3DD97D4D.3010801@kegel.com>

On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 03:52:45PM -0800, Dan Kegel wrote:
> I'm not so sure.  If the epoll documentation were clear enough
> (which at the moment, frankly, it isn't), I think
> there's a good chance users would not be confused
> by the difference between level-triggered and edge-triggered
> events.

I would argue that it is a good thing that people that believe poll and
epoll to be almost exactly the same, find themselves confused.

I might not succeed, but it is certainly how I feel about the issue.

mark

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-11-19  3:39 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 67+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-18 22:21 [rfc] epoll interface change and glibc bits Dan Kegel
2002-11-18 23:09 ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-18 23:39   ` Dan Kegel
2002-11-18 23:20     ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-18 23:52       ` Dan Kegel
2002-11-18 23:35         ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-19  0:53           ` Dan Kegel
2002-11-19  1:34             ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-19  2:08               ` Dan Kegel
2002-11-19  2:04                 ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-19  3:46           ` Edgar Toernig
2002-11-19  4:14             ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-19  5:35               ` Edgar Toernig
2002-11-19  6:09                 ` Mark Mielke
2002-11-19 17:07                   ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-20  1:59                 ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-20  3:09                   ` Jamie Lokier
2002-11-20  3:46                     ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-20  4:04                     ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-20  8:01                       ` Mark Mielke
2002-11-20 23:19                         ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-20 23:51                           ` Mark Mielke
2002-11-20 23:57                             ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-21  0:28                               ` Jamie Lokier
2002-11-21  1:23                                 ` Mark Mielke
2002-11-21  1:20                                   ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-21  0:33                               ` Mark Mielke
2002-11-21  0:55                                 ` Jamie Lokier
2002-11-21  1:04                                   ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-21 20:08                                 ` Denis Vlasenko
2002-11-21 16:51                                   ` Mark Mielke
2002-11-21 17:45                                     ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-20 22:04                       ` Jamie Lokier
2002-11-20 22:08                         ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-20 23:28                           ` Jamie Lokier
2002-11-20 23:33                             ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-20  7:47                     ` Mark Mielke
2002-11-19  3:53         ` Mark Mielke [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-11-19 19:33 Grant Taylor
2002-11-19 19:51 ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-19 20:57   ` Mark Mielke
2002-11-19 20:54     ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-19 17:28 Dan Kegel
2002-11-19  5:49 Grant Taylor
2002-11-19  6:22 ` Mark Mielke
2002-11-19 15:24   ` Jamie Lokier
     [not found] <20021118223125.GB14649@mark.mielke.cc>
2002-11-19  0:23 ` Grant Taylor
2002-11-19  3:58   ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-19  4:04   ` Mark Mielke
2002-11-18 22:04 Grant Taylor
2002-11-18 22:32 ` Mark Mielke
2002-11-18 23:07 ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-18 18:40 Grant Taylor
2002-11-18 16:05 Davide Libenzi
2002-11-18 16:12 ` Jakub Jelinek
2002-11-18 16:15   ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-18 16:18     ` Jakub Jelinek
2002-11-18 16:32       ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-18 22:22         ` Matthew D. Hall
2002-11-18 17:51 ` Mark Mielke
2002-11-18 18:37   ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-18 19:59     ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-11-18 21:31       ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-18 22:56         ` Jamie Lokier
2002-11-18 23:56           ` Davide Libenzi
2002-11-19  1:34             ` Jamie Lokier
2002-11-19  1:50               ` Davide Libenzi

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