Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756095AbXIVOdH (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:33:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753072AbXIVOc4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:32:56 -0400 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:33766 "EHLO mail.inka.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752959AbXIVOc4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Sep 2007 10:32:56 -0400 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: RFC: A revised timerfd API Organization: Private Site running Debian GNU/Linux In-Reply-To: <46F514C9.5010208@gmx.net> X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.7.8-20050315 ("Scalpay") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.13.4 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:32:53 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 520 Lines: 14 In article <46F514C9.5010208@gmx.net> you wrote: > 1. This design stretches the POSIX timers API in strange > ways. Maybe it is possible to reimplement the POSIX API in usermode using the kernel's FD implementation? (and drop the posix support from kernel) Gruss Bernd - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/