--- libev/ev.pod 2010/10/22 05:44:33 1.313 +++ libev/ev.pod 2010/10/22 06:06:31 1.314 @@ -4533,9 +4533,10 @@ The kqueue syscall is broken in all known versions - most versions support only sockets, many support pipes. -Libev tries to work around this by not using C by default on -this rotten platform, but of course you can still ask for it when creating -a loop. +Libev tries to work around this by not using C by default on this +rotten platform, but of course you can still ask for it when creating a +loop - embedding a socket-only kqueue loop into a select-based one is +probably going to work well. =head3 C is buggy @@ -4564,19 +4565,21 @@ The default compile environment on Solaris is unfortunately so thread-unsafe that you can't even use components/libraries compiled -without C<-D_REENTRANT> (as long as they use C), which, of course, -isn't defined by default. +without C<-D_REENTRANT> in a threaded program, which, of course, isn't +defined by default. A valid, if stupid, implementation choice. If you want to use libev in threaded environments you have to make sure it's compiled with C<_REENTRANT> defined. =head3 Event port backend -The scalable event interface for Solaris is called "event ports". Unfortunately, -this mechanism is very buggy. If you run into high CPU usage, your program -freezes or you get a large number of spurious wakeups, make sure you have -all the relevant and latest kernel patches applied. No, I don't know which -ones, but there are multiple ones. +The scalable event interface for Solaris is called "event +ports". Unfortunately, this mechanism is very buggy in all major +releases. If you run into high CPU usage, your program freezes or you get +a large number of spurious wakeups, make sure you have all the relevant +and latest kernel patches applied. No, I don't know which ones, but there +are multiple ones to apply, and afterwards, event ports actually work +great. If you can't get it to work, you can try running the program by setting the environment variable C to only allow C and @@ -4587,7 +4590,7 @@ AIX unfortunately has a broken C header. Libev works around this by trying to avoid the poll backend altogether (i.e. it's not even compiled in), which normally isn't a big problem as C