Replacing select() in the non-threaded RTS?

[Bryan O'Sullivan]

Stefan O'Rear wrote:

> I don't beleive the GHC team would be interested in receiving any
> patches to the non-threaded RTS, since it is scheduled for removal in
> 6.8 IIRC (leaving only threaded).

But the threaded RTS calls select, too, only from Haskell instead of C. 
  So the problem remains, unless the plan to switch to the pluggable 
event model will mature earlier than seems to be expected.

	<b