Re: Kernel support of socket async I/O

[marco]

Where can I find the latest network aio stuff? Just to start having a look
at it ....

marco

On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 05:05:41PM +0100, marco wrote:
> > Hello Benjamin and all of the guys on the lists,
> > I'm pretty much interested in socket async I/O for a project at work. I
> > read the document at 
> ...
> > I also searched linux-kernel archives for some status information, but
> > couldn't gain much info (other than a couple of discussion threads back in
> > late 1999).
> > What we need is a standard aio/thread-pool-in-sigwaitinfo architecture and
> > we wouldn't like to use select/poll.
> ...
> 
> Recent development activity was mostly geared at raw block device and 
> filesystem aio (as that's what the testers are using).  I did post patches 
> for network aio, but dropped them due to time constraints.  Now that the 
> most recent flurry of fixes to the aio core is complete (it's looking 
> very good now), I need to get the core bits updated for 2.5 and see how 
> much can be merged.  As for help, the network bits need polish and testing 
> to get to the near-release quality of the rest of the code.
> 
> 		-ben
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