The net API allows the user to select the EXCEPT event.  But none of our
code actually does it and, at least in the server, the EXCEPT event is not
wired into the select/poll loop.  As a result, TCP sockets stall when OOB
data is sent.

Note that TCP OOB data is not reliable (portable) between OSes.  Even today,
some TCP/IP stacks implement RFC 793 and some implement the correction in
RFC 1122 section 4.2.2.4.

What should be done about this situation?  Is there any reason that we
shouldn't just remove HX_SOCK_EVENT_EXCEPT from hxnet.h and set the
SO_OOBINLINE option on all sockets?

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