+ unsigned int flags = 0;
+
+ if (EV_USE_PORT ) flags |= EVBACKEND_PORT;
+ if (EV_USE_KQUEUE) flags |= EVBACKEND_KQUEUE;
+ if (EV_USE_EPOLL ) flags |= EVBACKEND_EPOLL;
+ if (EV_USE_POLL ) flags |= EVBACKEND_POLL;
+ if (EV_USE_SELECT) flags |= EVBACKEND_SELECT;
+
+ return flags;
+}
+
+unsigned int
+ev_recommended_backends (void)
+{
+ unsigned int flags = ev_supported_backends ();
+
+#ifndef __NetBSD__
+ /* kqueue is borked on everything but netbsd apparently */
+ /* it usually doesn't work correctly on anything but sockets and pipes */
+ flags &= ~EVBACKEND_KQUEUE;
+#endif
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+ // flags &= ~EVBACKEND_KQUEUE; for documentation
+ flags &= ~EVBACKEND_POLL;
+#endif
+
+ return flags;
+}
+
+unsigned int
+ev_backend (EV_P)
+{
+ return backend;