* Alfred Perlstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010326 19:57] wrote:
> * Bill Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010326 16:05] wrote:
>
> Why can't you just enable sigio on the reply socket, send all the
> requests with a 0 timeout and then wait for a signal to either
> interrupt the sending or to notify you when you complete sending?
>
> Your solution seems awfully complex for what seems to be a simple
> problem; doing a directed broadcast and taking the first answer you
> get back.
>
> Is the whole reason you need to do this because you're using the
> xid to differentiate between the servers?
If that's true then you have a couple of options...
We could add a hack to our version of the rpc library to
allow manipulation/query of the xid. Or if the reply's source
doesn't match any of the destinations you can remember it and
send out another ping to that address.
--
-Alfred Perlstein - [[EMAIL PROTECTED]|[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.
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