From bfb4e5e486f2f9c8bbcabb218446e2ba70ab734e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Dahl <ry@tinyclouds.org>
Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 14:56:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Override default backend for OSX

---
 uv-unix.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/uv-unix.c b/uv-unix.c
index 8fc6e5d9d..5f6295e4c 100644
--- a/uv-unix.c
+++ b/uv-unix.c
@@ -218,7 +218,13 @@ int uv_close(uv_handle_t* handle) {
 void uv_init(uv_alloc_cb cb) {
   assert(cb);
   alloc_cb = cb;
-  ev_default_loop(0);
+
+  // Initialize the default ev loop.
+#if defined(__MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED) && __MAC_OS_X_VERSION_MIN_REQUIRED >= 1060
+  ev_default_loop(EVBACKEND_KQUEUE);
+#else
+  ev_default_loop(EVFLAG_AUTO);
+#endif
 }