Re: Add pselect, ppoll system calls.

From: Ulrich Drepper (drepper_at_redhat.com)
Date: 06/13/05

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    Date:	Mon, 13 Jun 2005 09:31:32 -0700
To: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>

    David Woodhouse wrote:
    > Yes, we should make the time for ppoll() a 64-bit value, so you can
    > request a time period longer than 24 days. Shall we also switch to
    > microseconds?

    I don't see the need for higher precision in this API and a change is
    confusing. There is nanosleep() for people who only want a delay and
    that can be done with high precision. 

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➧ Ulrich Drepper ➧ Red Hat, Inc. ➧ 444 Castro St ➧ Mountain View, CA ❖

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