Linux 2.2 and filedescriptors

In a seperate email Alan said the poll/select constraint will be fixed
before 2.2 is out (2.2 should be out for Xmas).

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Date: Sat, 5 Dec 1998 18:29:29 +0000 (GMT)
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Dax Kelson <dkelson@inconnect.com>
Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: Linux 2.1.131ac3

> > o Big file handle sets done right (Bill Hawes, Stephen Tweedie)
>
> Does this mean the 256 file descriptor limit is gone?

There is still a constraint in poll/select that needs fixing, so you can
have lots of files now but only poll 256 at once. Thats the next one to
be targetted.
Received on Sat Dec 05 1998 - 11:09:14 MST