,---- | Anupam Kapoor <anupam> wrote: | > | > http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/online/pages/man2/timerfd_create.2.html | many thanks michael and mulyadi for the info. i will check it out on a | vmware setup tonite. `---- i tried it yesterday night on my test setup, and it seems to work fine (as suggested by matthias on the latest 2.5.25 kernel). one simple question though: should'nt it be possible to simulate the interface provided by timerfd using a combination of signalfd + getitimer ? thanks anupam -- In the beginning was the lambda, and the lambda was with Emacs, and Emacs was the lambda. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ