Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Non-blocking I/O | Date | Thu, 16 Jul 1998 14:43:18 +0100 (BST) |
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> Is there any non-blocking I/O available in Linux ?
Unix has had non blocking I/O since 1978. Man fcntl, selecty and signal
> For e.g., an application sends some read request and does some other work ... > once the data is available, the drivers wakes up (or sends some signal) the > user application.
Yep
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