libkqueue

A user space implementation of the kqueue(2) kernel event notification mechanism libkqueue acts as a translator between the kevent structure and the native kernel facilities on Linux, Android, Solaris, and Windows.

Supported Event Types

• vnode
• socket
• proc
• user
• timer

Installation - Linux, Solaris

./configure
make
make install

Installation - Red Hat

./configure
make package
rpm -i *.rpm

Installation - Android

ruby ./configure.rb --host=arm-linux-androideabi \
                    --with-ndk=/opt/android-ndk-r8c \
                    --with-sdk=/opt/android-sdks
make

Running Unit Tests

./configure
make
make check

Building Applications

CFLAGS += -I/usr/include/kqueue
LDFLAGS += -lkqueue

Tutorials & Examples

Kqueues for Fun and Profit

Handling TCP Connections with Kqueue Event Notification

Releases History

2.0 add support for Android 2013-04-29

1.0 stable relesae for Linux, Solaris, and Windows 2010-09-18