2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/README.embed b/README.embed
index 3c15d76..d168cc5 100644
--- a/README.embed
+++ b/README.embed
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ PREPROCESSOR SYMBOLS
        will be detected at runtime and routed around by disabling this
        backend.
 
+    EV_USE_DEVPOLL
+    EV_USE_PORTS
+    
+       reserved for future expansion, works like the USE symbols above.
+
     EV_H
 
         The name of the ev.h header file used to include it. The default
diff --git a/ev.c b/ev.c
index 5124b2b..4812c40 100644
--- a/ev.c
+++ b/ev.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #  define EV_USE_POLL 1
 # endif
 
-# if HAVE_EPOLL && HAVE_EPOLL_CTL && HAVE_SYS_EPOLL_H && !defined (EV_USE_EPOLL)
+# if HAVE_EPOLL_CTL && HAVE_SYS_EPOLL_H && !defined (EV_USE_EPOLL)
 #  define EV_USE_EPOLL 1
 # endif