Messages in this thread | | | From | "Stephen C. Tweedie" <> | Date | Fri, 18 Jun 1999 14:50:12 +0100 (BST) | Subject | Re: why no fdset patch in kernel? |
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Hi,
On 16 Jun 1999 12:00:04 +0200, smurf@noris.de (Matthias Urlichs) said: > Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes: >> > Does anyone know why the fdset (large # file descriptors / processes) >> > patch has not been integrated into the kernel, even as experimental? >> In the 2.2 case mainly because it didn't get in in time,
> Since work on 2.2 hasn't stopped (which is because we're not at 2.4 yet ;-) > will it eventually find its way to 2.2.whatever?
Given that it is in the *ac* patches, there is a supported way of using it on 2.2 anyway. Is there much demand for the fdset patches as a separate, standalone patch for 2.2?
--Stephen
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