* Jonathan Lemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001025 15:02] wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 11:54:57AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > moved to hackers, dropped linux-kernel and -chat.
> >
> > * Dan Kegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001024 21:38] wrote:
> > > Johnathan,
> > > Thanks for running that test for me! I've added your results
> > > (plus a cautionary note about microbenchmarks and a link to
> > > your site) to http://www.kegel.com/dkftpbench/Poller_bench.html
> > >
> > > If you haven't already, you might peek at the discussion on
> > > linux-kernel. Linus seems to be on the verge of adding
> > > something like kqueue() to Linux, but appears opposed to
> > > supporting level-triggering; he likes the simplicity of
> > > edge triggering (from the kernel's point of view!). See
> > > http://boudicca.tux.org/hypermail/linux-kernel/2000week44/index.html#9
> >
> > Jonathan, wouldn't this be a good time to try to push our interface
> > on Linux? After all, we have several instances of it working and
> > having the Open Source community force a new design feature into
> > mainstream UNIX to address scalability would be very cool.
>
> I'd love to do that, but am not quite sure how I'd go about it.
> If you read the l-k mailing list, you'll see Linus calling kqueue
> "overengineered", and what he is proposing is something that is
> definitely not well thought out.
I think that's a good summary and probably what you ought to tell him.
> Other than whacking him on the head with a stick, any ideas on
> how to get him to turn away from the "NIH" syndrome?
Try apealing to his sense of making Linux compatible with other OS's...
er...
Actually I'm at a loss here. :) If you do mail the linux kernel
list, which you _should_ otherwise you'll find yourself implementing thier
substandard hack over kqueue for freebsd 5 and a really annoying thing
to emulate in the linuxulator.
CC me on the mail, I'll back you up. :)
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