Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 23:43:21 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: RASHAH@us.oracle.com (RASHAH.US.ORACLE.COM) Subject: Re: poll system call on FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <19970819234321.AK16622@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199708191847.LAA23834@mailsun2.us.oracle.com>; from RASHAH.US.ORACLE.COM on Aug 19, 1997 10:16:52 -0700 References: <199708191847.LAA23834@mailsun2.us.oracle.com>
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As RASHAH.US.ORACLE.COM wrote: > I am new to the FreeBSD. I have to port some software from SVR4 to > FreeBSD. On SVR4 poll() system call is available but it is not > available on FreeBSD. I was just wondering is there any equivalent > call of poll() on FreeBSD ? Wait a little, and FreeBSD will have poll(2), too. It's already been decided. > select() won't work as I am not polling on sockets. select(2) works on any descriptor, not only on socket descriptors. This is not the difference between both. > Another thing is I believe poll() system call require STREAMS > implementation of the driver/module. Does BSD have streams > implemetation equivalent to SVR4 No, and No. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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