Build system now automatically enables epoll support in TCP server

when supported.

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 0dd88da4..174ecbe0 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -200,6 +200,25 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([testing],
     ]
 )
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([[epoll]],
+  [AS_HELP_STRING([[--enable-epoll[=ARG]]], [enable epoll support (yes, no, auto) [auto]])],
+    [enable_epoll=${enableval}],
+    [enable_epoll='auto']
+  )
+
+if test "$enable_epoll" != "no"; then
+  AX_HAVE_EPOLL
+  if test "${ax_cv_have_epoll}" = "yes"; then
+    AC_DEFINE([TCP_SERVER_USE_EPOLL],[1],[define to 1 to enable epoll support])
+    enable_epoll='yes'
+  else
+    if test "$enable_epoll" = "yes"; then
+      AC_MSG_ERROR([[Support for epoll was explicitly requested but cannot be enabled on this platform.]])
+    fi
+    enable_epoll='no'
+  fi
+fi
+
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