Hi! On 17:19 Wed 26 Sep , Rahul Bedarkar wrote: > Hi, > > I have to capture kernel udev events through libudev. One of API > provides asynchronous events by reading on file descriptor. I found > that there two ways to do that. > > 1) select call > 2) epoll > > I also found that epoll is smarter and meant to replace old select call. > > What are your thoughts on these ? Which one is better ? If you are ok to be limited to linux, I would highly recommend using epoll because of scaleability. Using select is almost like creating a new epoll descriptor for every call instead of reusing it. -Michi -- programing a layer 3+4 network protocol for mesh networks see http://michaelblizek.twilightparadox.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
