From 69f8044b5857f2492f6b7a3eb58ec1cc1b455bf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: root Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:04:14 +0000 Subject: 3.45 --- ev.pod | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'ev.pod') diff --git a/ev.pod b/ev.pod index be03b87..dc76872 100644 --- a/ev.pod +++ b/ev.pod @@ -1798,10 +1798,11 @@ default compilation environment. =head3 Inotify and Kqueue -When C 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 watcher is being started. +When C 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 watcher is being started. Inotify presence does not change the semantics of C watchers except that changes might be detected earlier, and in some cases, to avoid -- cgit v1.2.3