New file descriptor allocation code in FreeBSD
    Munish Chopra 
    chopra at soulwax.net
       
    Thu Jan 15 15:05:34 PST 2004
    
    
  
On 2004-01-15 21:50 +0000, Eric Masson wrote:
> >>>>> "Matt" == Matthew Dillon <dillon at xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> 
>  Matt>     I looked at it... I think it's interesting but it isn't
>  Matt> critical right now. It looks like it would be as much work to
>  Matt> adapt subr_blist.c as it would just to bring in DES's stuff.
> 
> Nate Lawson spotted that bitstring.h could have been used, any opinion ?
> 
Check out the rest of the thread. DES mentioned that bitstring.h was
sub-optimal for this purpose. There were further replies, but I'm not
sure if anything conclusive has hit the lists yet.
Perhaps it would be wise to hold off for a few days and see what comes
up in the discussion on the FreeBSD lists. You never know, it might
help.
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Munish Chopra
    
    
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