How to use epoll and poll

Hi, I am using SuSE linux 10.0. To impove performace of network I/O we would like to use poll or epoll. Is it neccesary that /dev/poll and /dev/epoll is required. If so how do we create that devices? Thanks in advance -- Chaitanya Chalasani ------------------- "The ultimate truths of nature are so subtle that they can be revealed only under immense silence"