linux-kernel - Re: files/process scaling problem? (was: [PATCH] Export shmem_file_setup and shmem

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Date:	Mon, 4 Aug 2008 15:11:46 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>
Cc:	Keith Packard <keithp@...thp.com>,
	Ingo Oeser <ioe-lkml@...eria.de>,
	John Stoffel <john@...ffel.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Eric Anholt <eric@...olt.net>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: files/process scaling problem? (was: [PATCH] Export
 shmem_file_setup and shmem_getpage for DRM-GEM)

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 06:51:01 -0700
> the hard part is that DRI is a library that gets linked into existing
> applications... which already are using select ;-(
> 
> Fixing X is one thing and not impossible.. fixing all existing games in
> the field is quite another

X libraries provide the event loop so that isn't really as complex as it
seems. Shuffling the handles around for the benefit of the odd legacy app
isn't something I'd disagree with but DRI and X in the general case can
determine the event loop system used by the application.

Alan
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