>
>> and the associated select
>> timeout only works `marginally'... the select will only be awoken
>> when the buffer fills, not when the timeout has passed.
>
>Not true - it will be awoken when the timeout specified by the timeout
>argument to "select()" or "poll()" expires; that's the timeout to which
>I'm referring.
oh, yes, you're exactly right about that. are you planning on
placing the select into pcap-bpf.c (for example?).... first
doing the select, and it if the timer expires, then
not dispatching any data? then later the read?
>It will *also* be awoken if any input arrives on any of the *other*
>descriptors it's waiting for, e.g. a connection to the X server in the
>case of an X application.
right again...
mts.
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