syphax azmole wrote: > Hello list, > > I have a small "C" program using standard POSIX timer_create(2), > timer_delete(2) and SIGEV_SIGNAL. > It seems that OpenBSD doesn't have such API. (and doesn't have librt). > I'm curious: why are they not implemented ? For security reason ? they are > not easy to implement ? Maybe they are useless ?
Most missing features are missing because nobody cared enough to implement them. A fair chunk of the real time extensions fall into that category. > What I need to do is to call a function after x milliseconds. > What do you suggest me to do ? I suppose there is a simpler and better way > than using libevent for that, right ? libevent is probably the simplest. Or a timeout for poll/select whatever you're using.
