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From: Martin Waitz <tali@admingilde.org>
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hi :)

On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 11:32:02PM -0500, Niels Provos wrote:
> It seems that option 3) which implements both "edge" and "level"
> triggered behavior is the best solution.  This is similar to kqueue
> which supports both triggering modes.
imho the kqueue api is a lot nicer anyway.

what about simply implementing kqueue?
it's already available in other OS's,
so it's easier for application developers to adopt it, too.

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