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diff --git a/glibc/select.mdwn b/glibc/select.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bafda141 --- /dev/null +++ b/glibc/select.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag open_issue_documentation]] + + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-08-10 + + <afleck> what is the use of having a port set name that can receive from + multiple ports? + <youpi> think of select() + <afleck> I haven't really gotten into it yet, I was just reading the Mach + Kernel Guide and I didn't understand the difference between having a port + set and multiple ports, since you can't choose which port receives in a + port set. + <youpi> with multiple ports, you'd have to have as many threads to block in + reception + <youpi> or poll in turn |