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Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 11:26:07 -0400
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On Oct 8, 2012, at 10:32 AM, Jeff Trawick wrote:

> It isn't that simple.
>=20
> APR_POLLSET_THREADSAFE has to be supported, and that is more than the
> well-known capabilities of threads and polling.
>=20
> APR_POLLSET_THREADSAFE means that the platform has an advanced polling
> mechanism which allows pollsets to be manipulated in a certain way,
> and that APR has an implementation that uses that mechanism.
>=20
> Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD/Mac OS X are platforms that satisify both
> characteristics.  z/OS is a platform that has an advanced polling
> mechanism but without an APR implementation in the stable branches.
> Neither AIX nor HP-UX have APR implementations, though I'd guess that
> the OS has the feature and nobody has gotten around to exploiting it
> in APR.

Thank you for the clarification. I'll further clarify what I put in the =
docs as soon as I have a chance.

--=20
Rich Bowen
rbowen@rcbowen.com
Shosholoza


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<html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
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"><br><div><div>On Oct 8, 2012, at 10:32 AM, Jeff Trawick =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: =
separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: =
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: =
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0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: =
auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">It isn't that =
simple.<br><br>APR_POLLSET_THREADSAFE has to be supported, and that is =
more than the<br>well-known capabilities of threads and =
polling.<br><br>APR_POLLSET_THREADSAFE means that the platform has an =
advanced polling<br>mechanism which allows pollsets to be manipulated in =
a certain way,<br>and that APR has an implementation that uses that =
mechanism.<br><br>Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD/Mac OS X are platforms =
that satisify both<br>characteristics. &nbsp;z/OS is a platform that has =
an advanced polling<br>mechanism but without an APR implementation in =
the stable branches.<br>Neither AIX nor HP-UX have APR implementations, =
though I'd guess that<br>the OS has the feature and nobody has gotten =
around to exploiting it<br>in =
APR.</span></blockquote><br></div><div>Thank you for the clarification. =
I'll further clarify what I put in the docs as soon as I have a =
chance.</div><br><div apple-content-edited=3D"true">
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-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: =
auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; =
">--&nbsp;<br>Rich Bowen<br><a =
href=3D"mailto:rbowen@rcbowen.com">rbowen@rcbowen.com</a><br>Shosholoza<br=
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