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authorroot <root>2008-10-21 20:04:14 +0000
committerroot <root>2008-10-21 20:04:14 +0000
commit69f8044b5857f2492f6b7a3eb58ec1cc1b455bf1 (patch)
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parent9e5a77b8331c7ad3a584359375b25f573118408f (diff)
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@@ -1798,10 +1798,11 @@ default compilation environment.
=head3 Inotify and Kqueue
-When C<inotify (7)> support has been compiled into libev (generally only
-available with Linux) and present at runtime, it will be used to speed up
-change detection where possible. The inotify descriptor will be created lazily
-when the first C<ev_stat> watcher is being started.
+When C<inotify (7)> support has been compiled into libev (generally
+only available with Linux 2.6.25 or above due to bugs in earlier
+implementations) and present at runtime, it will be used to speed up
+change detection where possible. The inotify descriptor will be created
+lazily when the first C<ev_stat> watcher is being started.
Inotify presence does not change the semantics of C<ev_stat> watchers
except that changes might be detected earlier, and in some cases, to avoid