Re: CVS commit: src/usr.sbin/inetd

["Perry E. Metzger" <perry%piermont.com@localhost>]

Matthias Scheler <tron%zhadum.de@localhost> writes:
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 02:09:07PM -0500, Perry E. Metzger wrote:
> > > Log Message:
> > > Rewrite inetd(8) to use kqueue(2) for enhanced performance and 
> > > scalability.
> > I'm starting to think we should import Niels' libevent stuff and use
> > that for a lot of our things. It hides the underlying use of select or
> > kqueue or whatever, and gives you a nicer API to code against.
> 
> Actually I found the kqueue(2) API very nice. My modified version of
> inetd(8) worked on the first try.

The kqueue API is not ugly by any means. However, if you're writing
event driven code, libevent is a nice thing.


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