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16 exit 1; 16 exit 1;
17} 17}
18 18
19print <<EOF; 19print <<EOF;
20 20
21
22*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 21*** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
22
23 23
24Welcome to EV configuration. If you are in a hurry, just press return here 24Welcome to EV configuration. If you are in a hurry, just press return here
25and hope for the best. The defaults should usually do. 25and hope for the best. The defaults should usually do.
26 26
27EOF 27EOF
30 $ENV{PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT} = 1; 30 $ENV{PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT} = 1;
31} 31}
32 32
33print <<EOF; 33print <<EOF;
34 34
35
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36
37 37
38POSIX optionally offers support for a monotonic clock source. EV 38POSIX optionally offers support for a monotonic clock source. EV
39can take advantage of this clock source to detect time jumps 39can take advantage of this clock source to detect time jumps
40reliably. Unfortunately, some systems are bound to be broken, so you can 40reliably. Unfortunately, some systems are bound to be broken, so you can
41disable this here: you can completely disable the detection and use of 41disable this here: you can completely disable the detection and use of
42the monotonic clock by answering 'n' here. Support for this clock type 42the monotonic clock by answering 'n' here. Support for this clock type
43will otherwise be autodetected at both compile- and runtime. 43will otherwise be autodetected at both compile- and runtime. (this setting
44currently affects the use of nanosleep over select as well).
44 45
45EOF 46EOF
46 47
47if (prompt ("Enable optional support for CLOCK_MONOTONIC (y/n)?", "y") =~ /[yY]/) { 48$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_MONOTONIC=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable optional support for CLOCK_MONOTONIC (y/n)?", "y") =~ /[yY]/));
48 $DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_MONOTONIC";
49}
50 49
51print <<EOF; 50print <<EOF;
52 51
53
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53
55 54
56POSIX optionally offers support for a (potentially) high-resolution 55POSIX optionally offers support for a (potentially) high-resolution
57realtime clock interface. In a good implementation, using it is faster 56realtime clock interface. In a good implementation, using it is faster
58than the normal method of using gettimeofday. Unfortunately, this option 57than the normal method of using gettimeofday. Unfortunately, this option
59is also bound to be broken on some systems, so you can disable use and 58is also bound to be broken on some systems, so you can disable use and
60probing of this feature altogether here. Otherwise support for this clock 59probing of this feature altogether here. Otherwise support for this clock
61type will be autodetected at compiletime. 60type will be autodetected at compiletime.
62 61
63EOF 62EOF
64 63
65if (prompt ("Prefer clock_gettime (CLOCK_REALTIME) over gettimeofday (y/n)?", "y") !~ /[yY]/) { 64$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_REALTIME=" . (0 + (prompt ("Prefer clock_gettime (CLOCK_REALTIME) over gettimeofday (y/n)?", "y") =~ /[yY]/));
66 $DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_REALTIME=0";
67}
68 65
69print <<EOF; 66print <<EOF;
70 67
71
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69
73 70
74EV can use various backends with various portability issue. The select 71EV can use various backends with various portability issue. The select
75backend is the most portable and makes for a good fallback, but it can be 72backend is the most portable and makes for a good fallback, but it can be
76limited to a low number of file descriptors and/or might not compile. If 73limited to a low number of file descriptors and/or might not compile. If
77you have problems with compiling ev_select., you might try to play around 74you have problems with compiling ev_select.c, you might try to play around
78with disabling it here, or forcing it to use the fd_set provided by your 75with disabling it here, or forcing it to use the fd_set provided by your
79OS, via the next question. I highly recommend keeping it in. 76OS, via the next question. I highly recommend keeping it in.
80 77
81EOF 78EOF
82 79
83if (prompt ("Enable select backend (y/n)?", "y") =~ /[yY]/) { 80if (prompt ("Enable select backend (y/n)?", "y") =~ /[yY]/) {
84 $DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_SELECT"; 81 $DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_SELECT=1";
85 82
86 print <<EOF; 83 print <<EOF;
87 84
88
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86
90 87
91The select backend can operate in two modes. One uses the system-provided 88The select backend can operate in two modes. One uses the system-provided
92fd_set and is usually limited to 1024 file descriptors (64 on windows), 89fd_set and is usually limited to 1024 file descriptors (64 on windows),
93the other requires your header files to define NFDBITS and declare a 90the other requires your header files to define NFDBITS and declare a
94suitable fd_mask type. If you run into problems compiling ev_select.c, you 91suitable fd_mask type. If you run into problems compiling ev_select.c, you
97EOF 94EOF
98 95
99 if (prompt ("Force use of system fd_set for select backend (y/n)?", "n") =~ /[yY]/) { 96 if (prompt ("Force use of system fd_set for select backend (y/n)?", "n") =~ /[yY]/) {
100 $DEFINE .= " -DEV_SELECT_USE_FD_SET"; 97 $DEFINE .= " -DEV_SELECT_USE_FD_SET";
101 } 98 }
99} else {
100 $DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_SELECT=0";
102} 101}
103 102
104print <<EOF; 103print <<EOF;
105 104
106
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106
108 107
109The second very portable backend is poll(2). It does not exist on windows 108The second very portable backend is poll(2). It does not exist on windows
110and various versions of Mac OS X (and on the other versions it simply 109and various versions of Mac OS X (and on the other versions it simply
111doesn't work), but works basically everywhere else. It is recommended to use 110doesn't work), but works basically everywhere else. It is recommended to use
112the default here unless you run into compile problems in ev_poll.c. 111the default here unless you run into compile problems in ev_poll.c.
113 112
114EOF 113EOF
115 114
116if (prompt ("Enable poll backend (y/n)?", (-e "/usr/include/poll.h") ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/) { 115$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_POLL=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable poll backend (y/n)?", (-e "/usr/include/poll.h") ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/));
117 $DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_POLL";
118}
119 116
120print <<EOF; 117print <<EOF;
121 118
122
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124 120
125EV by default uses select, which makes it hard to write efficient servers, 121
126especially if the number of active conencitons is much lower than the open 122Select and poll make it hard to write efficient servers, especially if the
123number of active connections is much lower than the watched ones. GNU/Linux
127ones. GNU/Linux systems have a more scalable method called "epoll", which 124systems have a more scalable method called "epoll", which EV can use. For
128EV can use. For this to work, both your kernel and glibc have to support 125this to work, both your kernel and glibc have to support epoll, but if you
129epoll, but if you can compile it, the detection will be done at runtime, 126can compile it, the detection will be done at runtime, and EV will safely
130and EV will safely fall back to using select when epoll isn't available. 127fall back to using select when epoll isn't available. If unsure, accept
131If unsure, accept the default. 128the default.
132 129
133EOF 130EOF
134 131
135if (prompt ("Enable epoll backend (y/n)?", (-e "/usr/include/sys/epoll.h") ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/) { 132$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_EPOLL=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable epoll backend (y/n)?", (-e "/usr/include/sys/epoll.h") ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/));
136 $DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_EPOLL";
137}
138 133
139print <<EOF; 134print <<EOF;
140 135
141
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143 137
138
144Similarly to the epoll backend above, EV can take advantage of kqueue 139Similarly to the epoll backend above, EV can take advantage of kqueue on
145on many BSD systems (it seems to be broken on Mac OS X though, but what 140many BSD systems. Support for kqueue will be detected at runtime, with a
146isn't broken on that shoddy platform... ah yes, the cash gushing by apple, 141safe fallback to other methods when it cannot be used.
147selling defective software works perfectly there). Support for kqueue will
148be detected at runtime, with a safe fallback to other methods when it
149cannot be used.
150 142
151EOF 143Note that kqueue is broken on most operating systems, so by default it
144won't be used on many platforms, but you can still create your own event
145loop with qkueue backend.
152 146
153if (prompt ("Enable kqueue backend (y/n)?", (-e "/usr/include/sys/event.h") ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/) { 147Here is what we know:
154 $DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_KQUEUE";
155}
156 148
157print <<EOF; 149NetBSD: partially working in at least 3.1. Yeah! :)
150FreeBSD: broken on at least 6.2-STABLE,
151 sockets *likely* work, ptys definitely don't.
152OpenBSD: reports indicate that it likely doesn't work
153 (similar problems as on FreeBSD).
154OS X: completely, utterly broken on at least < 10.5.
158 155
156EOF
159 157
158my $can_kqueue = -e "/usr/include/sys/event.h";
159
160$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_KQUEUE=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable kqueue backend (y/n)?", $can_kqueue ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/));
161
162print <<EOF;
163
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161 166
162Similarly to the kqueue backend above, EV can take advantage of the 167Similarly to the kqueue backend above, EV can take advantage of the
163solaris 10 port interface. Support for port will be detected at runtime, 168solaris 10 event port interface. Support for event ports will be detected
164with a safe fallback to other methods when it cannot be used. 169at runtime, with a safe fallback to other methods when it cannot be used.
165 170
166EOF 171EOF
167 172
168if (prompt ("Enable port backend (y/n)?", (-e "/usr/include/sys/port.h") ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/) { 173$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_PORT=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable event port backend (y/n)?", (-e "/usr/include/sys/port.h") ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/));
169 $DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_PORT";
170}
171 174
172print <<EOF; 175print <<EOF;
173 176
174
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176 179
177EV needs the functions pthread_atfork and clock_gettime. On most systems 180EV needs the functions pthread_atfork and clock_gettime. On most systems
178you need some special libraries for this (such as -lrt and -lpthread). You 181you need some special libraries for this (such as -lrt and -lpthread). You
179can specify additional libraries to provide these calls now, or accept the 182can specify additional libraries to provide these calls (and any other
180default. 183required by EV) now, or accept the default.
181 184
182EOF 185EOF
183 186
187$SOLARIS_LIBS = $^O =~ /solaris/ ? " -lsocket -lnsl" : "";
188
184$LIBS = prompt "Extra libraries for pthread_atfork and clock_gettime?", "-lpthread -lrt"; 189$LIBS = prompt "Extra libraries for pthread_atfork and clock_gettime?", "-lpthread -lrt$SOLARIS_LIBS";
185 190
186 191
187print <<EOF; 192print <<EOF;
188 193
189
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195
196
197A backend of a different kind is the Linux inotify(7) interface, which can
198be used to speed up (and reduce resource consumption) of stat watchers. If
199you have it, it is usually a good idea to enable it.
200
201EOF
202
203my $can_inotify = -e "/usr/include/sys/inotify.h";
204
205$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_INOTIFY=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable inotify support (y/n)?", $can_inotify ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/));
206
207print <<EOF;
208
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210
211
212Another useful bit of functionality is the Linux eventfd, which is useful
213for faster signal handling (don't care) and intra-thread communications
214(more relevant). Kernel support for this will be probed at runtime, but
215your libc must contain the necessary wrapper. Glibc 2.7 and later should
216have this wrapper.
217
218EOF
219
220$DEFINE .= " -DEV_USE_EVENTFD=" . (0 + (prompt ("Enable linux eventfd support (y/n)?", (-e "/usr/include/sys/eventfd.h") || $ENV{EV_EVENTFD} ? "y" : "n") =~ /[yY]/));
221
222print <<EOF;
223
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225
191 226
192EOF 227EOF
193 228
194my @anyevent = eval { require AnyEvent; $AnyEvent::VERSION < 2.6 } ? (AnyEvent => 2.6) : (); 229my @anyevent = eval { require AnyEvent; $AnyEvent::VERSION < 2.6 } ? (AnyEvent => 2.6) : ();
195 230
200 SUFFIX => '.gz', 235 SUFFIX => '.gz',
201 }, 236 },
202 depend => { 237 depend => {
203 "EV.c" => "EV/EVAPI.h " 238 "EV.c" => "EV/EVAPI.h "
204 . "libev/ev.c libev/ev.h libev/ev_epoll.c libev/ev_select.c libev/ev_kqueue.c libev/ev_poll.c " 239 . "libev/ev.c libev/ev.h libev/ev_epoll.c libev/ev_select.c libev/ev_kqueue.c libev/ev_poll.c "
205 . "libev/event.h libev/event.c evdns.h evdns.c libev/ev_vars.h libev/ev_wrap.h", 240 . "libev/ev_vars.h libev/ev_wrap.h",
206 }, 241 },
207 INC => "-Ilibev", 242 INC => "-Ilibev",
208 DEFINE => "$DEFINE", 243 DEFINE => "$DEFINE",
209 NAME => "EV", 244 NAME => "EV",
210 LIBS => [$LIBS], 245 LIBS => [$LIBS],
212 @anyevent, 247 @anyevent,
213 }, 248 },
214 VERSION_FROM => "EV.pm", 249 VERSION_FROM => "EV.pm",
215 PM => { 250 PM => {
216 'EV.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV.pm', 251 'EV.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV.pm',
217 'EV/DNS.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV/DNS.pm',
218 'EV/EVAPI.h' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV/EVAPI.h', 252 'EV/EVAPI.h' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV/EVAPI.h',
219 'EV/MakeMaker.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV/MakeMaker.pm', 253 'EV/MakeMaker.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV/MakeMaker.pm',
220 'libev/ev.h' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV/ev.h', 254 'libev/ev.h' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV/ev.h',
255 'libev/ev.pod' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/EV/libev.pod',
221 }, 256 },
257 MAN3PODS => {
258 'EV.pm' => '$(INST_MAN3DIR)/EV.$(MAN3EXT)',
259 'EV/MakeMaker.pm' => '$(INST_MAN3DIR)/EV::MakeMaker.$(MAN3EXT)',
260 'libev/ev.pod' => '$(INST_MAN3DIR)/EV::libev.$(MAN3EXT)',
261 },
222); 262);
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