ya I came across that before, but that guy fails to mention why this was not present in the API in the first place. I mean technically it is perfectly possible to implement it, but it was never implemented. I have seen many esoteric features being implemented in the Linux Kernel, but the reason why this was never taken up is what is bothering me. Is it because there are no takers for this feature? or is it some other reason? If somebody can bring the historical context why this was never implemented, it would be of great help. The reason I want this is that, I have seen too many people complain about the lack of this feature. (and the workarounds they use are so damn ugly!!) So I was wondering what was in the minds of the API/kernel implementers when they skipped over this feature... Regards, Bhanu. On 2/17/06, Gaurav Dhiman <gauravd.chd@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > this might be of some help to you. > http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue92/hawk.html > > regards, > -Gaurav > > > On 2/17/06, Bhanu Kalyan Chetlapalli <chbhanukalyan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi guyz, > > > > Could anyone please inform me the reason why select() does not > > work on SysV message queues? I know that message queues used Ids which are > > not exactly file descriptors. And select() works only with file descriptors. > > > > I am looking for the Historical reason why this (making SysV msgqs > > as selectable) was never done. Am I missing something very fundamental here? > > > > Regards, > > Bhanu. > > > -- The difference between Theory and Practice is more so in Practice than in Theory. -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
