GAM_POLLER vs. kqueue

[Kevin Oberman]

> From: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus at marcuscom.com>
> Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:03:03 -0400
> 
> On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 10:21 -0700, Kevin Oberman wrote:
> > I see the newest version of gamin provides the option of running the
> > GAM_POLLER instead of kqueue's.
> > 
> > Anyone have any guidance on pros and cons? I'm sticking to the default
> > unless I see a reason to change, but gam is annoying in that it can
> > prevent unmounting volumes, so I thought that this might be relevant.
> 
> This option has been in gamin for a long time.  It is generally
> preferable to stick with the default, and allow gamin to use kqueue when
> possible.  The downside of that approach is that gamin opens a lot of
> file descriptors.
> 
> Joe
> 
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Thanks, Joe!
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