[libdispatch-dev] Linux platform porting project

kk yuker kingston.wchong at gmail.com
Mon Nov 9 17:31:39 PST 2009


Hi Bobby,
  Thanks for ur sharing. I think we need a complete libdispatch
project such as ones on FreeBSD, Solaris. Kqueue is a great project
but it is one part of libdispatch, not the whole thing. Maybe we need
manage to start a new porting project. Can somebody help on it?

  Thanks,

On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:36 PM, Bobby Powers <bobbypowers at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> My understanding is that work is underway on that.  There was an email
> a few days ago about libkqueue, which is a userspace implementation of
> the kqueue userspace notification system.  Kqueue is used heavily by
> libdispatch, but wasn't available on Linux before libkqueue.  More
> information on it is here:
> http://mark.heily.com/libkqueue/
>
>
> yours,
> Bobby
>
> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Thomas Gall <tom_gall at mac.com> wrote:
>> Hi Kingston,
>>
>> I'd be very interested in that as that's my reason for joining the list.
>> I've been lurking to get up to speed on things.
>>
>> Tom Gall
>> "We want great men who, when fortune frowns will not be discouraged." -
>> Colonel Henry Knox
>>
>> On Nov 9, 2009, at 9:05 AM, kk yuker wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>  I'd like to know whether there are guys are interested in porting
>>> libdispatch to linux platform? From my option, it is more useful and
>>> interesting. Many servers are running on linux platform and
>>> libdispatch can help to improve much more performance. I want to do
>>> something on it.
>>>  If having any related news and projects, pls let me know.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Kingston,
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