Re: what is squidng

On Thu, Oct 05, 2000, Joe Cooper wrote:
> Joshua Goodall wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 4 Oct 2000, Joe Cooper wrote:
> >
> > > discussion will end up here on Squid-dev. Though, I do wonder if folks
> > > will be offended by our blatant Linux-centric view of Squid
> > > development. So it may be wise for us to keep using squidng for
> > > discussion of linux kernel issues (like /dev/poll and linux signals) and
> > > ReiserFS specific stuff. Anyone have strong feelings on those issues?
> >
> > No - but on the related issue, anyone who doesn't understand the irony of
> > the phrase "Linux-compatible" deserves serious flamage. This appalling
> > phrase was littered throughout this months' DDJ. However, I'm sure Adrian
> > can supply plenty BSD-specific chat :)
>
> Adrian always has so far! ;-)
>
> In fact, I imagine the Linux/Solaris /dev/poll stuff will just be a
> rewrite of Benno and Adrian's kqueues stuff. Unless I totally
> misunderstand how one of them works.

Well, it'll just be another "plugin" to the framework. All devpoll is
is a way of getting back a bunch of poll structs that have completed.
Its pretty much a subset of kqueue, and in order to use it properly
there needs to be some changes in how squid schedules IO. I'm nearly there,
honest! :-)

Adrian

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