Updating the port in FreeBSD (support for eventfd, and some more fixes)

[jiixyj]

Thank you for maintaining the port in FreeBSD!

Since the 0.0.20190311 version in ports I've implemented some features and fixes (https://github.com/jiixyj/epoll-shim):

• eventfd support (needed for pipewire)
• support for more than 32 timerfds per process (by using kqueue timers if possible)
• removal of the poll fd hack
• added a pkg-config file (modeled after the one in the port, thanks!)
• removed the old Makefile, replaced with a CMake build system. Hopefully the library should be easier to package and use now.

I've tried to update the ports files here: https://github.com/jiixyj/freebsd-ports/tree/libepoll-shim/devel/libepoll-shim . Feel free to take/adapt them! I could remove some hacks needed for the old Makefile and replace them by simply using "USES= cmake".

Also, I'd be very happy if someone could point me to some guides/documentation on how to use Wayland on FreeBSD (preferably sway). Currently I'm using i3 on Xorg and libinput is the only library I can really test epoll-shim with.

Lastly, please let me know if there are any bugs/features or if I can make the library easier to package!

[valpackett]

guides/documentation on how to use Wayland on FreeBSD

I have something sort of like a guide: https://unrelenting.technology/kb/FreeBSDDesktop

[jiixyj]

Thanks for the pointers! I see you already updated the port files to a newer version, so I didn't need to duplicate the work. At least I got to play around with the ports system a bit :)

[zeising]

Is there any chance you can create a pull request towards this branch, with your changes?

[valpackett]

Should the fork even exist anymore? Why?

[jiixyj]

I've opened a PR here: #5

A minor road block was a failing timer test on FreeBSD 11.2 because of: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=336761

This is fixed in FreeBSD 11.3 and I've updated the CI image in .cirrus.yml.

[grembo]

@johalun Can we change the port to use @jiixyj's repo + cmake etc.? Or can we at least fork from it? I just spent two hours debugging a problem until I realized that it was a libepoll-shim problem that's already resolved in @jiixyj current version. Thanks!

[grembo]

@zeising Same here, can be closed.