renamed METHODs to BACKENDs

[software/libev.git] / README.embed

diff --git a/README.embed b/README.embed
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--- a/README.embed
+++ b/README.embed
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ FILESETS
         ev.c
         ev_vars.h
         ev_wrap.h
-        ev_win32.c
+
+        ev_win32.c      required on win32 platforms only
 
         ev_select.c     only when select backend is enabled (which is is by default)
         ev_poll.c       only when poll backend is enabled (disabled by default)
         ev_epoll.c      only when the epoll backend is enabled (disabled by default)
         ev_kqueue.c     only when the kqueue backend is enabled (disabled by default)
+        ev_port.c       only when the solaris port backend is enabled (disabled by default)
 
     "ev.c" includes the backend files directly when enabled.
 
@@ -84,10 +86,12 @@ PREPROCESSOR SYMBOLS
 
     EV_USE_MONOTONIC
 
-        If undefined or defined to be "1", libev will try to detect the
-        availability of the monotonic clock option at both compiletime and
+        If defined to be "1", libev will try to detect the availability
+        of the monotonic clock option at both compiletime and
         runtime. Otherwise no use of the monotonic clock option will be
-        attempted.
+        attempted. If you enable this, you usually have to link against
+        librt or something similar. Enabling it when the functionality
+        isn't available is safe, though.
 
     EV_USE_REALTIME
 
@@ -105,21 +109,31 @@ PREPROCESSOR SYMBOLS
        done: if no other method takes over, select will be it. Otherwise
        the select backend will not be compiled in.
 
-    EV_SELECT_USE_WIN32_HANDLES
+    EV_SELECT_USE_FD_SET
+
+       If defined to 1, then the select backend will use the system fd_set
+       structure. This is useful if libev doesn't compile due to a missing
+       NFDBITS or fd_mask definition or it misguesses the bitset layout on
+       exotic systems. This usually limits the range of file descriptors
+       to some low limit such as 1024 or might have other limitations
+       (winsocket only allows 64 sockets). The FD_SETSIZE macro, set
+       before compilation, might influence the size of the fd_set used.
+
+    EV_SELECT_IS_WINSOCKET
 
-       When defined to 1, the select backend will assume that select
-       doesn't understand file descriptors but wants osf handles on
-       win32 (this is the case when the select to be used is the winsock
-       select). This means that it will call _get_osfhandle on the fd to
-       convert it to an OS handle. Should not be defined on non-win32
-       platforms.
+       When defined to 1, the select backend will assume that
+       select/socket/connect etc. don't understand file descriptors but
+       wants osf handles on win32 (this is the case when the select to
+       be used is the winsock select). This means that it will call
+       _get_osfhandle on the fd to convert it to an OS handle. Otherwise,
+       it is assumed that all these functions actually work on fds, even
+       on win32. Should not be defined on non-win32 platforms.
 
     EV_USE_POLL
 
        If defined to be "1", libev will compile in support for the poll(2)
-       backend. No attempt at autodetection will be done. poll usually
-       performs worse than select, so its not enabled by default (it is
-       also slightly less portable).
+       backend. Otherwise it will be enabled on non-win32 platforms. It
+       takes precedence over select.
 
     EV_USE_EPOLL
 
@@ -133,10 +147,21 @@ PREPROCESSOR SYMBOLS
        If defined to be "1", libev will compile in support for the BSD
        style kqueue backend. Its availability will be detected at runtime,
        otherwise another method will be used as fallback. This is the
-       preferred backend for BSD and BSd-like systems. Darwin brokenness
+       preferred backend for BSD and BSD-like systems. Darwin brokenness
        will be detected at runtime and routed around by disabling this
        backend.
 
+    EV_USE_PORT
+
+       If defined to be "1", libev will compile in support for the Solaris
+       10 port style backend. Its availability will be detected at runtime,
+       otherwise another method will be used as fallback. This is the
+       preferred backend for Solaris 10 systems.
+
+    EV_USE_DEVPOLL
+    
+       reserved for future expansion, works like the USE symbols above.
+
     EV_H
 
         The name of the ev.h header file used to include it. The default