[GHC] #635: Replace use of select() in the I/O manager with epoll/kqueue/etc.

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#635: Replace use of select() in the I/O manager with epoll/kqueue/etc.
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  Reporter:  simonmar            |          Owner:         
      Type:  task                |         Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal              |      Milestone:         
 Component:  libraries/base      |        Version:  6.4.1  
  Severity:  normal              |     Resolution:         
  Keywords:                      |             Os:  Unknown
Difficulty:  Difficult (1 week)  |   Architecture:  Unknown
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Comment (by simonmar):

 I should add that we'd prefer to do this using the I/O manager in the
 threaded runtime (libraries/base/GHC/Conc.lhs), rather than change the
 current select() machinery in the non-threaded runtime
 (ghc/rts/posix/Select.c).  Volker's libevent patch is for the latter, I
 believe.

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