On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 20:37 +0300, Evgeniy Polyakov wrote: > I tend to agree. > Yes, some loads require event driven model, other can be done using > threads.
event driven model is really complex though. For event driven to work well you basically can't tolerate blocking calls at all ... open() blocks on files. read() may block on metadata reads (say indirect blockgroups) not just on datareads etc etc. It gets really hairy really quick that way. -- if you want to mail me at work (you don't), use arjan (at) linux.intel.com Test the interaction between Linux and your BIOS via http://www.linuxfirmwarekit.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/