Re: [squid-users] Epoll Doubts

2009/1/8 Rafael Gomes <linux.rafa_at_gmail.com>:
> Guys,
>
> Please help. I already searched in many websites, squid-cache too, but
> don't find.
>
> Can you please tell me what is epoll?

see:
http://linux.die.net/man/4/epoll

> What this do?

You don't know much about it, just know it's an efficient replacement
of poll/select for IO loop.

>What I can improve
> my Squid with this option?
>

Squid 3 under Linux enables epoll by default when you compile it from sources.
epoll can be used only on Linux kernel.

Ralf.
Received on Thu Jan 08 2009 - 04:58:53 MST