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-rw-r--r--lib/posix/epoll.nim64
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/inotify.nim129
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/kqueue.nim4
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/linux.nim53
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix.nim329
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix_freertos_consts.nim506
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix_haiku.nim603
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64.nim29
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64_consts.nim20
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix_macos_amd64.nim56
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix_nintendoswitch.nim24
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix_openbsd_amd64.nim32
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix_other.nim155
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix_other_consts.nim27
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/posix_utils.nim76
-rw-r--r--lib/posix/termios.nim10
16 files changed, 1774 insertions, 343 deletions
diff --git a/lib/posix/epoll.nim b/lib/posix/epoll.nim
index 2d38137bb..007488354 100644
--- a/lib/posix/epoll.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/epoll.nim
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-{.deadCodeElim: on.}  # dce option deprecated
-
-from posix import SocketHandle
+from std/posix import SocketHandle
 
 const
   EPOLLIN* = 0x00000001
@@ -23,6 +21,7 @@ const
   EPOLLWRBAND* = 0x00000200
   EPOLLMSG* = 0x00000400
   EPOLLRDHUP* = 0x00002000
+  EPOLLEXCLUSIVE* = 1 shl 28
   EPOLLWAKEUP* = 1 shl 29
   EPOLLONESHOT* = 1 shl 30
   EPOLLET* = 1 shl 31
@@ -34,56 +33,67 @@ const
   EPOLL_CTL_DEL* = 2          # Remove a file descriptor from the interface.
   EPOLL_CTL_MOD* = 3          # Change file descriptor epoll_event structure.
 
+# https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/ff6992735ade75aae3e35d16b17da1008d753d28/include/uapi/linux/eventpoll.h#L77
+when defined(linux) and defined(amd64):
+  {.pragma: epollPacked, packed.}
+else:
+  {.pragma: epollPacked.}
+
 type
-  EpollData* {.importc: "union epoll_data",
-      header: "<sys/epoll.h>", pure, final.} = object # TODO: This is actually a union.
+  EpollData* {.importc: "epoll_data_t",
+      header: "<sys/epoll.h>", pure, final, union.} = object
+    `ptr`* {.importc: "ptr".}: pointer
+    fd* {.importc: "fd".}: cint
+    u32* {.importc: "u32".}: uint32
     u64* {.importc: "u64".}: uint64
 
-  EpollEvent* {.importc: "struct epoll_event", header: "<sys/epoll.h>", pure, final.} = object
+  EpollEvent* {.importc: "struct epoll_event", header: "<sys/epoll.h>", pure, final, epollPacked.} = object
     events*: uint32 # Epoll events
     data*: EpollData # User data variable
 
 proc epoll_create*(size: cint): cint {.importc: "epoll_create",
     header: "<sys/epoll.h>".}
   ## Creates an epoll instance.  Returns an fd for the new instance.
-  ##   The "size" parameter is a hint specifying the number of file
-  ##   descriptors to be associated with the new instance.  The fd
-  ##   returned by epoll_create() should be closed with close().
+  ##
+  ## The "size" parameter is a hint specifying the number of file
+  ## descriptors to be associated with the new instance.  The fd
+  ## returned by epoll_create() should be closed with close().
 
 proc epoll_create1*(flags: cint): cint {.importc: "epoll_create1",
     header: "<sys/epoll.h>".}
   ## Same as epoll_create but with an FLAGS parameter.  The unused SIZE
-  ##   parameter has been dropped.
+  ## parameter has been dropped.
 
 proc epoll_ctl*(epfd: cint; op: cint; fd: cint | SocketHandle; event: ptr EpollEvent): cint {.
     importc: "epoll_ctl", header: "<sys/epoll.h>".}
-  ## Manipulate an epoll instance "epfd". Returns 0 in case of success,
-  ##   -1 in case of error ( the "errno" variable will contain the
-  ##   specific error code ) The "op" parameter is one of the EPOLL_CTL_*
-  ##   constants defined above. The "fd" parameter is the target of the
-  ##   operation. The "event" parameter describes which events the caller
-  ##   is interested in and any associated user data.
+  ## Manipulate an epoll instance "epfd". Returns `0` in case of success,
+  ## `-1` in case of error (the "errno" variable will contain the specific error code).
+  ##
+  ## The "op" parameter is one of the `EPOLL_CTL_*`
+  ## constants defined above. The "fd" parameter is the target of the
+  ## operation. The "event" parameter describes which events the caller
+  ## is interested in and any associated user data.
 
 proc epoll_wait*(epfd: cint; events: ptr EpollEvent; maxevents: cint;
                  timeout: cint): cint {.importc: "epoll_wait",
     header: "<sys/epoll.h>".}
   ## Wait for events on an epoll instance "epfd". Returns the number of
-  ##   triggered events returned in "events" buffer. Or -1 in case of
-  ##   error with the "errno" variable set to the specific error code. The
-  ##   "events" parameter is a buffer that will contain triggered
-  ##   events. The "maxevents" is the maximum number of events to be
-  ##   returned ( usually size of "events" ). The "timeout" parameter
-  ##   specifies the maximum wait time in milliseconds (-1 == infinite).
+  ## triggered events returned in "events" buffer. Or -1 in case of
+  ## error with the "errno" variable set to the specific error code. The
+  ## "events" parameter is a buffer that will contain triggered
+  ## events. The "maxevents" is the maximum number of events to be
+  ## returned ( usually size of "events" ). The "timeout" parameter
+  ## specifies the maximum wait time in milliseconds (-1 == infinite).
   ##
-  ##   This function is a cancellation point and therefore not marked with
-  ##   __THROW.
+  ## This function is a cancellation point and therefore not marked with
+  ## __THROW.
 
 
 #proc epoll_pwait*(epfd: cint; events: ptr EpollEvent; maxevents: cint;
 #                  timeout: cint; ss: ptr sigset_t): cint {.
 #    importc: "epoll_pwait", header: "<sys/epoll.h>".}
 # Same as epoll_wait, but the thread's signal mask is temporarily
-#   and atomically replaced with the one provided as parameter.
+# and atomically replaced with the one provided as parameter.
 #
-#   This function is a cancellation point and therefore not marked with
-#   __THROW.
+# This function is a cancellation point and therefore not marked with
+# __THROW.
diff --git a/lib/posix/inotify.nim b/lib/posix/inotify.nim
index f88e48a2d..575accc18 100644
--- a/lib/posix/inotify.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/inotify.nim
@@ -7,66 +7,105 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-{.deadCodeElim: on.}  # dce option deprecated
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/syncio
 
 # Get the platform-dependent flags.
 # Structure describing an inotify event.
 type
-  InotifyEvent*{.pure, final, importc: "struct inotify_event",
-                   header: "<sys/inotify.h>".} = object
-    wd*{.importc: "wd".}: cint # Watch descriptor.
-    mask*{.importc: "mask".}: uint32 # Watch mask.
-    cookie*{.importc: "cookie".}: uint32 # Cookie to synchronize two events.
-    len*{.importc: "len".}: uint32 # Length (including NULs) of name.
-    name*{.importc: "name".}: char # Name.
+  InotifyEvent* {.pure, final, importc: "struct inotify_event",
+                  header: "<sys/inotify.h>",
+                  completeStruct.} = object            ## An Inotify event.
+    wd* {.importc: "wd".}: FileHandle                  ## Watch descriptor.
+    mask* {.importc: "mask".}: uint32                  ## Watch mask.
+    cookie* {.importc: "cookie".}: uint32              ## Cookie to synchronize two events.
+    len* {.importc: "len".}: uint32                    ## Length (including NULs) of name.
+    name* {.importc: "name".}: UncheckedArray[char]    ## Name.
 
 # Supported events suitable for MASK parameter of INOTIFY_ADD_WATCH.
 const
-  IN_ACCESS* = 0x00000001   # File was accessed.
-  IN_MODIFY* = 0x00000002   # File was modified.
-  IN_ATTRIB* = 0x00000004   # Metadata changed.
-  IN_CLOSE_WRITE* = 0x00000008 # Writtable file was closed.
-  IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE* = 0x00000010 # Unwrittable file closed.
-  IN_CLOSE* = (IN_CLOSE_WRITE or IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE) # Close.
-  IN_OPEN* = 0x00000020     # File was opened.
-  IN_MOVED_FROM* = 0x00000040 # File was moved from X.
-  IN_MOVED_TO* = 0x00000080 # File was moved to Y.
-  IN_MOVE* = (IN_MOVED_FROM or IN_MOVED_TO) # Moves.
-  IN_CREATE* = 0x00000100   # Subfile was created.
-  IN_DELETE* = 0x00000200   # Subfile was deleted.
-  IN_DELETE_SELF* = 0x00000400 # Self was deleted.
-  IN_MOVE_SELF* = 0x00000800 # Self was moved.
+  IN_ACCESS* = 0x00000001                          ## File was accessed.
+  IN_MODIFY* = 0x00000002                          ## File was modified.
+  IN_ATTRIB* = 0x00000004                          ## Metadata changed.
+  IN_CLOSE_WRITE* = 0x00000008                     ## Writtable file was closed.
+  IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE* = 0x00000010                   ## Unwrittable file closed.
+  IN_CLOSE* = (IN_CLOSE_WRITE or IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE) ## Close.
+  IN_OPEN* = 0x00000020                            ## File was opened.
+  IN_MOVED_FROM* = 0x00000040                      ## File was moved from X.
+  IN_MOVED_TO* = 0x00000080                        ## File was moved to Y.
+  IN_MOVE* = (IN_MOVED_FROM or IN_MOVED_TO)        ## Moves.
+  IN_CREATE* = 0x00000100                          ## Subfile was created.
+  IN_DELETE* = 0x00000200                          ## Subfile was deleted.
+  IN_DELETE_SELF* = 0x00000400                     ## Self was deleted.
+  IN_MOVE_SELF* = 0x00000800                       ## Self was moved.
+
 # Events sent by the kernel.
 const
-  IN_UNMOUNT* = 0x00002000  # Backing fs was unmounted.
-  IN_Q_OVERFLOW* = 0x00004000 # Event queued overflowed.
-  IN_IGNORED* = 0x00008000  # File was ignored.
+  IN_UNMOUNT* = 0x00002000    ## Backing fs was unmounted.
+  IN_Q_OVERFLOW* = 0x00004000 ## Event queued overflowed.
+  IN_IGNORED* = 0x00008000    ## File was ignored.
+
 # Special flags.
 const
-  IN_ONLYDIR* = 0x01000000  # Only watch the path if it is a
-                            #        directory.
-  IN_DONT_FOLLOW* = 0x02000000 # Do not follow a sym link.
-  IN_EXCL_UNLINK* = 0x04000000 # Exclude events on unlinked
-                               #        objects.
-  IN_MASK_ADD* = 0x20000000 # Add to the mask of an already
-                            #        existing watch.
-  IN_ISDIR* = 0x40000000    # Event occurred against dir.
-  IN_ONESHOT* = 0x80000000  # Only send event once.
+  IN_ONLYDIR* = 0x01000000     ## Only watch the path if it is a directory.
+  IN_DONT_FOLLOW* = 0x02000000 ## Do not follow a sym link.
+  IN_EXCL_UNLINK* = 0x04000000 ## Exclude events on unlinked objects.
+  IN_MASK_ADD* = 0x20000000    ## Add to the mask of an already existing watch.
+  IN_ISDIR* = 0x40000000       ## Event occurred against dir.
+  IN_ONESHOT* = 0x80000000     ## Only send event once.
+
 # All events which a program can wait on.
 const
   IN_ALL_EVENTS* = (IN_ACCESS or IN_MODIFY or IN_ATTRIB or IN_CLOSE_WRITE or
       IN_CLOSE_NOWRITE or IN_OPEN or IN_MOVED_FROM or IN_MOVED_TO or
       IN_CREATE or IN_DELETE or IN_DELETE_SELF or IN_MOVE_SELF)
-# Create and initialize inotify instance.
-proc inotify_init*(): cint{.cdecl, importc: "inotify_init",
-                            header: "<sys/inotify.h>".}
-# Create and initialize inotify instance.
-proc inotify_init1*(flags: cint): cint{.cdecl, importc: "inotify_init1",
+
+
+proc inotify_init*(): FileHandle {.cdecl, importc: "inotify_init",
+    header: "<sys/inotify.h>".}
+  ## Create and initialize inotify instance.
+
+proc inotify_init1*(flags: cint): FileHandle {.cdecl, importc: "inotify_init1",
     header: "<sys/inotify.h>".}
-# Add watch of object NAME to inotify instance FD.  Notify about
-#   events specified by MASK.
-proc inotify_add_watch*(fd: cint; name: cstring; mask: uint32): cint{.
-    cdecl, importc: "inotify_add_watch", header: "<sys/inotify.h>".}
-# Remove the watch specified by WD from the inotify instance FD.
-proc inotify_rm_watch*(fd: cint; wd: cint): cint{.cdecl,
+  ## Like `inotify_init<#inotify_init>`_ ,
+  ## but has a flags argument that provides access to some extra functionality.
+
+proc inotify_add_watch*(fd: cint; name: cstring; mask: uint32): cint {.cdecl,
+    importc: "inotify_add_watch", header: "<sys/inotify.h>".}
+  ## Add watch of object NAME to inotify instance FD. Notify about events specified by MASK.
+
+proc inotify_rm_watch*(fd: cint; wd: cint): cint {.cdecl,
     importc: "inotify_rm_watch", header: "<sys/inotify.h>".}
+  ## Remove the watch specified by WD from the inotify instance FD.
+
+iterator inotify_events*(evs: pointer, n: int): ptr InotifyEvent =
+  ## Abstract the packed buffer interface to yield event object pointers.
+  runnableExamples("-r:off"):
+    when defined(linux):
+       import std/posix  # needed for FileHandle read procedure
+       const MaxWatches = 8192
+
+       let inotifyFd = inotify_init()  # create new inotify instance and get it's FileHandle
+       let wd = inotifyFd.inotify_add_watch("/tmp", IN_CREATE or IN_DELETE)  # Add new watch
+
+       var events: array[MaxWatches, byte]  # event buffer
+       while (let n = read(inotifyFd, addr events, MaxWatches); n) > 0:  # blocks until any events have been read
+         for e in inotify_events(addr events, n):
+           echo (e[].wd, e[].mask, cast[cstring](addr e[].name))    # echo watch id, mask, and name value of each event
+  var ev: ptr InotifyEvent = cast[ptr InotifyEvent](evs)
+  var n = n
+  while n > 0:
+    yield ev
+    let sz = InotifyEvent.sizeof + int(ev[].len)
+    n -= sz
+    ev = cast[ptr InotifyEvent](cast[uint](ev) + uint(sz))
+
+runnableExamples:
+  when defined(linux):
+    let inotifyFd = inotify_init()  # create and get new inotify FileHandle
+    doAssert inotifyFd >= 0         # check for errors
+
+    let wd = inotifyFd.inotify_add_watch("/tmp", IN_CREATE or IN_DELETE)  # Add new watch
+    doAssert wd >= 0                 # check for errors
+
+    discard inotifyFd.inotify_rm_watch(wd) # remove watch
diff --git a/lib/posix/kqueue.nim b/lib/posix/kqueue.nim
index 18b47f5d5..2450cdb42 100644
--- a/lib/posix/kqueue.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/kqueue.nim
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-from posix import Timespec
+from std/posix import Timespec
 
 when defined(macosx) or defined(freebsd) or defined(openbsd) or
      defined(dragonfly):
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ proc kevent*(kqFD: cint,
              changelist: ptr KEvent, nchanges: cint,
              eventlist: ptr KEvent, nevents: cint, timeout: ptr Timespec): cint
      {.importc: "kevent", header: "<sys/event.h>".}
-  ## Manipulates queue for given ``kqFD`` descriptor.
+  ## Manipulates queue for given `kqFD` descriptor.
 
 proc EV_SET*(event: ptr KEvent, ident: uint, filter: cshort, flags: cushort,
              fflags: cuint, data: int, udata: pointer)
diff --git a/lib/posix/linux.nim b/lib/posix/linux.nim
index 25c7c7979..29fd4288d 100644
--- a/lib/posix/linux.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/linux.nim
@@ -1,28 +1,37 @@
-{.deadCodeElim: on.}  # dce option deprecated
-
-import posix
+import std/posix
 
+## Flags of `clone` syscall.
+## See `clone syscall manual
+## <https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/clone.2.html>`_ for more information.
 const
-  CSIGNAL* = 0x000000FF
-  CLONE_VM* = 0x00000100
-  CLONE_FS* = 0x00000200
-  CLONE_FILES* = 0x00000400
-  CLONE_SIGHAND* = 0x00000800
-  CLONE_PTRACE* = 0x00002000
-  CLONE_VFORK* = 0x00004000
-  CLONE_PARENT* = 0x00008000
-  CLONE_THREAD* = 0x00010000
-  CLONE_NEWNS* = 0x00020000
-  CLONE_SYSVSEM* = 0x00040000
-  CLONE_SETTLS* = 0x00080000
-  CLONE_PARENT_SETTID* = 0x00100000
-  CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID* = 0x00200000
-  CLONE_DETACHED* = 0x00400000
-  CLONE_UNTRACED* = 0x00800000
-  CLONE_CHILD_SETTID* = 0x01000000
-  CLONE_STOPPED* = 0x02000000
+  CSIGNAL* = 0x000000FF'i32
+  CLONE_VM* = 0x00000100'i32
+  CLONE_FS* = 0x00000200'i32
+  CLONE_FILES* = 0x00000400'i32
+  CLONE_SIGHAND* = 0x00000800'i32
+  CLONE_PIDFD* = 0x00001000'i32
+  CLONE_PTRACE* = 0x00002000'i32
+  CLONE_VFORK* = 0x00004000'i32
+  CLONE_PARENT* = 0x00008000'i32
+  CLONE_THREAD* = 0x00010000'i32
+  CLONE_NEWNS* = 0x00020000'i32
+  CLONE_SYSVSEM* = 0x00040000'i32
+  CLONE_SETTLS* = 0x00080000'i32
+  CLONE_PARENT_SETTID* = 0x00100000'i32
+  CLONE_CHILD_CLEARTID* = 0x00200000'i32
+  CLONE_DETACHED* = 0x00400000'i32
+  CLONE_UNTRACED* = 0x00800000'i32
+  CLONE_CHILD_SETTID* = 0x01000000'i32
+  CLONE_NEWCGROUP* = 0x02000000'i32
+  CLONE_NEWUTS* = 0x04000000'i32
+  CLONE_NEWIPC* = 0x08000000'i32
+  CLONE_NEWUSER* = 0x10000000'i32
+  CLONE_NEWPID* = 0x20000000'i32
+  CLONE_NEWNET* = 0x40000000'i32
+  CLONE_IO* = 0x80000000'i32
+
 
-# fn should be of type proc (a2: pointer): void {.cdecl.}
+# fn should be of type proc (a2: pointer) {.cdecl.}
 proc clone*(fn: pointer; child_stack: pointer; flags: cint;
             arg: pointer; ptid: ptr Pid; tls: pointer;
             ctid: ptr Pid): cint {.importc, header: "<sched.h>".}
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix.nim b/lib/posix/posix.nim
index 70ba53a2e..fbe945df3 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix.nim
@@ -27,17 +27,19 @@
 ## the \`identifier\` notation is used.
 ##
 ## This library relies on the header files of your C compiler. The
-## resulting C code will just ``#include <XYZ.h>`` and *not* define the
+## resulting C code will just `#include <XYZ.h>` and *not* define the
 ## symbols declared here.
 
 # Dead code elimination ensures that we don't accidentally generate #includes
 # for files that might not exist on a specific platform! The user will get an
 # error only if they actually try to use the missing declaration
-{.deadCodeElim: on.}  # dce option deprecated
 
 when defined(nimHasStyleChecks):
   {.push styleChecks: off.}
 
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/syncio
+
 # TODO these constants don't seem to be fetched from a header file for unknown
 #      platforms - where do they come from and why are they here?
 when false:
@@ -89,10 +91,10 @@ const
 type Sighandler = proc (a: cint) {.noconv.}
 
 const StatHasNanoseconds* = defined(linux) or defined(freebsd) or
-    defined(osx) or defined(openbsd) or defined(dragonfly) ## \
+    defined(osx) or defined(openbsd) or defined(dragonfly) or defined(haiku) ## \
   ## Boolean flag that indicates if the system supports nanosecond time
-  ## resolution in the fields of ``Stat``. Note that the nanosecond based fields
-  ## (``Stat.st_atim``, ``Stat.st_mtim`` and ``Stat.st_ctim``) can be accessed
+  ## resolution in the fields of `Stat`. Note that the nanosecond based fields
+  ## (`Stat.st_atim`, `Stat.st_mtim` and `Stat.st_ctim`) can be accessed
   ## without checking this flag, because this module defines fallback procs
   ## when they are not available.
 
@@ -106,6 +108,8 @@ elif (defined(macos) or defined(macosx) or defined(bsd)) and defined(cpu64):
   include posix_macos_amd64
 elif defined(nintendoswitch):
   include posix_nintendoswitch
+elif defined(haiku):
+  include posix_haiku
 else:
   include posix_other
 
@@ -150,11 +154,13 @@ proc htons*(a1: uint16): uint16 {.importc, header: "<arpa/inet.h>".}
 proc ntohl*(a1: uint32): uint32 {.importc, header: "<arpa/inet.h>".}
 proc ntohs*(a1: uint16): uint16 {.importc, header: "<arpa/inet.h>".}
 
-proc inet_addr*(a1: cstring): InAddrT {.importc, header: "<arpa/inet.h>".}
-proc inet_ntoa*(a1: InAddr): cstring {.importc, header: "<arpa/inet.h>".}
-proc inet_ntop*(a1: cint, a2: pointer, a3: cstring, a4: int32): cstring {.
+when not defined(zephyr):
+  proc inet_addr*(a1: cstring): InAddrT {.importc, header: "<arpa/inet.h>".}
+  proc inet_ntoa*(a1: InAddr): cstring {.importc, header: "<arpa/inet.h>".}
+
+proc inet_ntop*(a1: cint, a2: pointer | ptr InAddr | ptr In6Addr, a3: cstring, a4: int32): cstring {.
   importc:"(char *)$1", header: "<arpa/inet.h>".}
-proc inet_pton*(a1: cint, a2: cstring, a3: pointer): cint {.
+proc inet_pton*(a1: cint, a2: cstring, a3: pointer | ptr InAddr | ptr In6Addr): cint {.
   importc, header: "<arpa/inet.h>".}
 
 var
@@ -166,29 +172,54 @@ proc IN6ADDR_LOOPBACK_INIT* (): In6Addr {.importc, header: "<netinet/in.h>".}
 
 # dirent.h
 proc closedir*(a1: ptr DIR): cint  {.importc, header: "<dirent.h>".}
-proc opendir*(a1: cstring): ptr DIR {.importc, header: "<dirent.h>".}
-proc readdir*(a1: ptr DIR): ptr Dirent  {.importc, header: "<dirent.h>".}
+proc opendir*(a1: cstring): ptr DIR {.importc, header: "<dirent.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc readdir*(a1: ptr DIR): ptr Dirent  {.importc, header: "<dirent.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc readdir_r*(a1: ptr DIR, a2: ptr Dirent, a3: ptr ptr Dirent): cint  {.
-                importc, header: "<dirent.h>".}
+                importc, header: "<dirent.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc rewinddir*(a1: ptr DIR)  {.importc, header: "<dirent.h>".}
 proc seekdir*(a1: ptr DIR, a2: int)  {.importc, header: "<dirent.h>".}
 proc telldir*(a1: ptr DIR): int {.importc, header: "<dirent.h>".}
 
 # dlfcn.h
-proc dlclose*(a1: pointer): cint {.importc, header: "<dlfcn.h>".}
-proc dlerror*(): cstring {.importc, header: "<dlfcn.h>".}
-proc dlopen*(a1: cstring, a2: cint): pointer {.importc, header: "<dlfcn.h>".}
-proc dlsym*(a1: pointer, a2: cstring): pointer {.importc, header: "<dlfcn.h>".}
-
-proc creat*(a1: cstring, a2: Mode): cint {.importc, header: "<fcntl.h>".}
-proc fcntl*(a1: cint | SocketHandle, a2: cint): cint {.varargs, importc, header: "<fcntl.h>".}
-proc open*(a1: cstring, a2: cint): cint {.varargs, importc, header: "<fcntl.h>".}
+proc dlclose*(a1: pointer): cint {.importc, header: "<dlfcn.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc dlerror*(): cstring {.importc, header: "<dlfcn.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc dlopen*(a1: cstring, a2: cint): pointer {.importc, header: "<dlfcn.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc dlsym*(a1: pointer, a2: cstring): pointer {.importc, header: "<dlfcn.h>", sideEffect.}
+
+proc creat*(a1: cstring, a2: Mode): cint {.importc, header: "<fcntl.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc fcntl*(a1: cint | SocketHandle, a2: cint): cint {.varargs, importc, header: "<fcntl.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc openImpl(a1: cstring, a2: cint): cint {.varargs, importc: "open", header: "<fcntl.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc open*(a1: cstring, a2: cint, mode: Mode | cint = 0.Mode): cint {.inline.} =
+  # prevents bug #17888
+  openImpl(a1, a2, mode)
+
 proc posix_fadvise*(a1: cint, a2, a3: Off, a4: cint): cint {.
   importc, header: "<fcntl.h>".}
-proc posix_fallocate*(a1: cint, a2, a3: Off): cint {.
-  importc, header: "<fcntl.h>".}
 
-when not defined(haiku) and not defined(OpenBSD):
+proc ftruncate*(a1: cint, a2: Off): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
+when defined(osx):              # 2001 POSIX evidently does not concern Apple
+  type FStore {.importc: "fstore_t", header: "<fcntl.h>", bycopy.} = object
+    fst_flags: uint32           ## IN: flags word
+    fst_posmode: cint           ## IN: indicates offset field
+    fst_offset,                 ## IN: start of the region
+      fst_length,               ## IN: size of the region
+      fst_bytesalloc: Off       ## OUT: number of bytes allocated
+  var F_PEOFPOSMODE {.importc, header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
+  var F_ALLOCATEALL {.importc, header: "<fcntl.h>".}: uint32
+  var F_PREALLOCATE {.importc, header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
+  proc posix_fallocate*(a1: cint, a2, a3: Off): cint =
+    var fst = FStore(fst_flags: F_ALLOCATEALL, fst_posmode: F_PEOFPOSMODE,
+                     fst_offset: a2, fst_length: a3)
+    # Must also call ftruncate to match what POSIX does. Unlike posix_fallocate,
+    # this can shrink files.  Could guard w/getFileSize, but caller likely knows
+    # present size & has no good reason to call this unless it is growing.
+    if fcntl(a1, F_PREALLOCATE, fst.addr) != cint(-1): ftruncate(a1, a2 + a3)
+    else: cint(-1)
+else:
+  proc posix_fallocate*(a1: cint, a2, a3: Off): cint {.
+    importc, header: "<fcntl.h>".}
+
+when not defined(haiku) and not defined(openbsd):
   proc fmtmsg*(a1: int, a2: cstring, a3: cint,
               a4, a5, a6: cstring): cint {.importc, header: "<fmtmsg.h>".}
 
@@ -205,7 +236,7 @@ when not (defined(linux) and defined(amd64)) and not defined(nintendoswitch):
 
 proc glob*(a1: cstring, a2: cint,
           a3: proc (x1: cstring, x2: cint): cint {.noconv.},
-          a4: ptr Glob): cint {.importc, header: "<glob.h>".}
+          a4: ptr Glob): cint {.importc, header: "<glob.h>", sideEffect.}
   ## Filename globbing. Use `os.walkPattern() <os.html#glob_1>`_ and similar.
 
 proc globfree*(a1: ptr Glob) {.importc, header: "<glob.h>".}
@@ -234,31 +265,57 @@ proc dirname*(a1: cstring): cstring {.importc, header: "<libgen.h>".}
 
 proc localeconv*(): ptr Lconv {.importc, header: "<locale.h>".}
 proc setlocale*(a1: cint, a2: cstring): cstring {.
-                importc, header: "<locale.h>".}
+                importc, header: "<locale.h>", sideEffect.}
 
 proc strfmon*(a1: cstring, a2: int, a3: cstring): int {.varargs,
    importc, header: "<monetary.h>".}
 
-when not defined(nintendoswitch):
-  proc mq_close*(a1: Mqd): cint {.importc, header: "<mqueue.h>".}
-  proc mq_getattr*(a1: Mqd, a2: ptr MqAttr): cint {.
-    importc, header: "<mqueue.h>".}
-  proc mq_notify*(a1: Mqd, a2: ptr SigEvent): cint {.
+when not (defined(nintendoswitch) or defined(macos) or defined(macosx)):
+  proc mq_notify*(mqdes: Mqd, event: ptr SigEvent): cint {.
     importc, header: "<mqueue.h>".}
-  proc mq_open*(a1: cstring, a2: cint): Mqd {.
+
+  proc mq_open*(name: cstring, flags: cint): Mqd {.
     varargs, importc, header: "<mqueue.h>".}
-  proc mq_receive*(a1: Mqd, a2: cstring, a3: int, a4: var int): int {.
-    importc, header: "<mqueue.h>".}
-  proc mq_send*(a1: Mqd, a2: cstring, a3: int, a4: int): cint {.
+
+  proc mq_close*(mqdes: Mqd): cint {.importc, header: "<mqueue.h>".}
+
+  proc mq_receive*(
+    mqdes: Mqd,
+    buffer: cstring,
+    length: csize_t,
+    priority: var cuint
+  ): int {.importc, header: "<mqueue.h>".}
+
+  proc mq_timedreceive*(
+    mqdes: Mqd,
+    buffer: cstring,
+    length: csize_t,
+    priority: cuint,
+    timeout: ptr Timespec
+  ): int {.importc, header: "<mqueue.h>".}
+
+  proc mq_send*(
+    mqdes: Mqd,
+    buffer: cstring,
+    length: csize_t,
+    priority: cuint
+  ): cint {.importc, header: "<mqueue.h>".}
+
+  proc mq_timedsend*(
+    mqdes: Mqd,
+    buffer: cstring,
+    length: csize_t,
+    priority: cuint,
+    timeout: ptr Timespec
+  ): cint {.importc, header: "<mqueue.h>".}
+
+  proc mq_getattr*(mqdes: Mqd, attribute: ptr MqAttr): cint {.
     importc, header: "<mqueue.h>".}
-  proc mq_setattr*(a1: Mqd, a2, a3: ptr MqAttr): cint {.
+
+  proc mq_setattr*(mqdes: Mqd, newAttribute, oldAttribute: ptr MqAttr): cint {.
     importc, header: "<mqueue.h>".}
 
-  proc mq_timedreceive*(a1: Mqd, a2: cstring, a3: int, a4: int,
-                        a5: ptr Timespec): int {.importc, header: "<mqueue.h>".}
-  proc mq_timedsend*(a1: Mqd, a2: cstring, a3: int, a4: int,
-                     a5: ptr Timespec): cint {.importc, header: "<mqueue.h>".}
-  proc mq_unlink*(a1: cstring): cint {.importc, header: "<mqueue.h>".}
+  proc mq_unlink*(mqdes: cstring): cint {.importc, header: "<mqueue.h>".}
 
 
 proc getpwnam*(a1: cstring): ptr Passwd {.importc, header: "<pwd.h>".}
@@ -446,7 +503,7 @@ proc pthread_spin_unlock*(a1: ptr Pthread_spinlock): cint {.
 proc pthread_testcancel*() {.importc, header: "<pthread.h>".}
 
 
-proc exitnow*(code: int): void {.importc: "_exit", header: "<unistd.h>".}
+proc exitnow*(code: int) {.importc: "_exit", header: "<unistd.h>".}
 proc access*(a1: cstring, a2: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
 proc alarm*(a1: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
 proc chdir*(a1: cstring): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
@@ -459,54 +516,53 @@ proc dup*(a1: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
 proc dup2*(a1, a2: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
 proc encrypt*(a1: array[0..63, char], a2: cint) {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
 
-proc execl*(a1, a2: cstring): cint {.varargs, importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc execle*(a1, a2: cstring): cint {.varargs, importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc execlp*(a1, a2: cstring): cint {.varargs, importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc execv*(a1: cstring, a2: cstringArray): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
+proc execl*(a1, a2: cstring): cint {.varargs, importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc execle*(a1, a2: cstring): cint {.varargs, importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc execlp*(a1, a2: cstring): cint {.varargs, importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc execv*(a1: cstring, a2: cstringArray): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc execve*(a1: cstring, a2, a3: cstringArray): cint {.
-  importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc execvp*(a1: cstring, a2: cstringArray): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc execvpe*(a1: cstring, a2: cstringArray, a3: cstringArray): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc fchown*(a1: cint, a2: Uid, a3: Gid): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc fchdir*(a1: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
+  importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc execvp*(a1: cstring, a2: cstringArray): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc execvpe*(a1: cstring, a2: cstringArray, a3: cstringArray): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc fchown*(a1: cint, a2: Uid, a3: Gid): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc fchdir*(a1: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc fdatasync*(a1: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc fork*(): Pid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
+proc fork*(): Pid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc fpathconf*(a1, a2: cint): int {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
 proc fsync*(a1: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
  ## synchronize a file's buffer cache to the storage device
 
-proc ftruncate*(a1: cint, a2: Off): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc getcwd*(a1: cstring, a2: int): cstring {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc getuid*(): Uid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
+proc getcwd*(a1: cstring, a2: int): cstring {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc getuid*(): Uid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
  ## returns the real user ID of the calling process
 
-proc geteuid*(): Uid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
+proc geteuid*(): Uid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
  ## returns the effective user ID of the calling process
 
-proc getgid*(): Gid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
+proc getgid*(): Gid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
  ## returns the real group ID of the calling process
 
-proc getegid*(): Gid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
+proc getegid*(): Gid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
  ## returns the effective group ID of the calling process
 
 proc getgroups*(a1: cint, a2: ptr array[0..255, Gid]): cint {.
   importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc gethostid*(): int {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc gethostname*(a1: cstring, a2: int): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc getlogin*(): cstring {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc getlogin_r*(a1: cstring, a2: int): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
+proc gethostid*(): int {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc gethostname*(a1: cstring, a2: int): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc getlogin*(): cstring {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc getlogin_r*(a1: cstring, a2: int): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
 
 proc getopt*(a1: cint, a2: cstringArray, a3: cstring): cint {.
   importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
 proc getpgid*(a1: Pid): Pid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
 proc getpgrp*(): Pid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc getpid*(): Pid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
+proc getpid*(): Pid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
  ## returns  the process ID (PID) of the calling process
 
-proc getppid*(): Pid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
+proc getppid*(): Pid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
  ## returns the process ID of the parent of the calling process
 
-proc getsid*(a1: Pid): Pid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
+proc getsid*(a1: Pid): Pid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>", sideEffect.}
  ## returns the session ID of the calling process
 
 proc getwd*(a1: cstring): cstring {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
@@ -528,7 +584,8 @@ proc pread*(a1: cint, a2: pointer, a3: int, a4: Off): int {.
 proc pwrite*(a1: cint, a2: pointer, a3: int, a4: Off): int {.
   importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
 proc read*(a1: cint, a2: pointer, a3: int): int {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc readlink*(a1, a2: cstring, a3: int): int {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
+when not defined(nintendoswitch):
+  proc readlink*(a1, a2: cstring, a3: int): int {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
 proc ioctl*(f: FileHandle, device: uint): int {.importc: "ioctl",
       header: "<sys/ioctl.h>", varargs, tags: [WriteIOEffect].}
   ## A system call for device-specific input/output operations and other
@@ -547,7 +604,10 @@ proc setsid*(): Pid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
 proc setuid*(a1: Uid): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
 proc sleep*(a1: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
 proc swab*(a1, a2: pointer, a3: int) {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
-proc symlink*(a1, a2: cstring): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
+when not defined(nintendoswitch):
+  proc symlink*(a1, a2: cstring): cint {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
+else:
+  proc symlink*(a1, a2: cstring): cint = -1
 proc sync*() {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
 proc sysconf*(a1: cint): int {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
 proc tcgetpgrp*(a1: cint): Pid {.importc, header: "<unistd.h>".}
@@ -584,11 +644,13 @@ proc statvfs*(a1: cstring, a2: var Statvfs): cint {.
 proc fstatvfs*(a1: cint, a2: var Statvfs): cint {.
   importc, header: "<sys/statvfs.h>".}
 
-proc chmod*(a1: cstring, a2: Mode): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/stat.h>".}
-proc fchmod*(a1: cint, a2: Mode): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/stat.h>".}
-proc fstat*(a1: cint, a2: var Stat): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/stat.h>".}
-proc lstat*(a1: cstring, a2: var Stat): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/stat.h>".}
-proc mkdir*(a1: cstring, a2: Mode): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/stat.h>".}
+proc chmod*(a1: cstring, a2: Mode): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/stat.h>", sideEffect.}
+when defined(osx) or defined(freebsd):
+  proc lchmod*(a1: cstring, a2: Mode): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/stat.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc fchmod*(a1: cint, a2: Mode): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/stat.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc fstat*(a1: cint, a2: var Stat): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/stat.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc lstat*(a1: cstring, a2: var Stat): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/stat.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc mkdir*(a1: cstring, a2: Mode): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/stat.h>", sideEffect.}
   ## Use `os.createDir() <os.html#createDir,string>`_ and similar.
 
 proc mkfifo*(a1: cstring, a2: Mode): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/stat.h>".}
@@ -637,7 +699,8 @@ proc posix_madvise*(a1: pointer, a2: int, a3: cint): cint {.
   importc, header: "<sys/mman.h>".}
 proc posix_mem_offset*(a1: pointer, a2: int, a3: var Off,
            a4: var int, a5: var cint): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/mman.h>".}
-when not (defined(linux) and defined(amd64)) and not defined(nintendoswitch):
+when not (defined(linux) and defined(amd64)) and not defined(nintendoswitch) and
+     not defined(haiku):
   proc posix_typed_mem_get_info*(a1: cint,
     a2: var Posix_typed_mem_info): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/mman.h>".}
 proc posix_typed_mem_open*(a1: cstring, a2, a3: cint): cint {.
@@ -649,17 +712,17 @@ proc shm_unlink*(a1: cstring): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/mman.h>".}
 proc asctime*(a1: var Tm): cstring{.importc, header: "<time.h>".}
 
 proc asctime_r*(a1: var Tm, a2: cstring): cstring {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}
-proc clock*(): Clock {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}
+proc clock*(): Clock {.importc, header: "<time.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc clock_getcpuclockid*(a1: Pid, a2: var ClockId): cint {.
-  importc, header: "<time.h>".}
+  importc, header: "<time.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc clock_getres*(a1: ClockId, a2: var Timespec): cint {.
-  importc, header: "<time.h>".}
+  importc, header: "<time.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc clock_gettime*(a1: ClockId, a2: var Timespec): cint {.
-  importc, header: "<time.h>".}
+  importc, header: "<time.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc clock_nanosleep*(a1: ClockId, a2: cint, a3: var Timespec,
-               a4: var Timespec): cint {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}
+               a4: var Timespec): cint {.importc, header: "<time.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc clock_settime*(a1: ClockId, a2: var Timespec): cint {.
-  importc, header: "<time.h>".}
+  importc, header: "<time.h>", sideEffect.}
 
 proc `==`*(a, b: Time): bool {.borrow.}
 proc `-`*(a, b: Time): Time {.borrow.}
@@ -673,11 +736,11 @@ proc localtime*(a1: var Time): ptr Tm {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}
 proc localtime_r*(a1: var Time, a2: var Tm): ptr Tm {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}
 proc mktime*(a1: var Tm): Time  {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}
 proc timegm*(a1: var Tm): Time  {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}
-proc nanosleep*(a1, a2: var Timespec): cint {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}
+proc nanosleep*(a1, a2: var Timespec): cint {.importc, header: "<time.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc strftime*(a1: cstring, a2: int, a3: cstring,
            a4: var Tm): int {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}
 proc strptime*(a1, a2: cstring, a3: var Tm): cstring {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}
-proc time*(a1: var Time): Time {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}
+proc time*(a1: var Time): Time {.importc, header: "<time.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc timer_create*(a1: ClockId, a2: var SigEvent,
                a3: var Timer): cint {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}
 proc timer_delete*(a1: Timer): cint {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}
@@ -689,11 +752,11 @@ proc timer_settime*(a1: Timer, a2: cint, a3: var Itimerspec,
 proc tzset*() {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}
 
 
-proc wait*(a1: ptr cint): Pid {.importc, discardable, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
+proc wait*(a1: ptr cint): Pid {.importc, discardable, header: "<sys/wait.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc waitid*(a1: cint, a2: Id, a3: var SigInfo, a4: cint): cint {.
-  importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
+  importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc waitpid*(a1: Pid, a2: var cint, a3: cint): Pid {.
-  importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
+  importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>", sideEffect.}
 
 type Rusage* {.importc: "struct rusage", header: "<sys/resource.h>",
                bycopy.} = object
@@ -704,7 +767,7 @@ type Rusage* {.importc: "struct rusage", header: "<sys/resource.h>",
     ru_nsignals*, ru_nvcsw*, ru_nivcsw*: clong        # switching activity
 
 proc wait4*(pid: Pid, status: ptr cint, options: cint, rusage: ptr Rusage): Pid
-  {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
+  {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>", sideEffect.}
 
 const
   RUSAGE_SELF* = cint(0)
@@ -717,8 +780,8 @@ proc getrusage*(who: cint, rusage: ptr Rusage): cint
 
 proc bsd_signal*(a1: cint, a2: proc (x: pointer) {.noconv.}) {.
   importc, header: "<signal.h>".}
-proc kill*(a1: Pid, a2: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<signal.h>".}
-proc killpg*(a1: Pid, a2: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<signal.h>".}
+proc kill*(a1: Pid, a2: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<signal.h>", sideEffect.}
+proc killpg*(a1: Pid, a2: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<signal.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc pthread_kill*(a1: Pthread, a2: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<signal.h>".}
 proc pthread_sigmask*(a1: cint, a2, a3: var Sigset): cint {.
   importc, header: "<signal.h>".}
@@ -762,6 +825,13 @@ else:
   proc sigtimedwait*(a1: var Sigset, a2: var SigInfo,
                      a3: var Timespec): cint {.importc, header: "<signal.h>".}
 
+when defined(sunos) or defined(solaris):
+  # The following compile time flag is needed on Illumos/Solaris to use the POSIX
+  # `sigwait` implementation. See the documentation here:
+  # https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19455-01/806-5257/6je9h033k/index.html
+  # https://www.illumos.org/man/2/sigwait
+  {.passc: "-D_POSIX_PTHREAD_SEMANTICS".}
+
 proc sigwait*(a1: var Sigset, a2: var cint): cint {.
   importc, header: "<signal.h>".}
 proc sigwaitinfo*(a1: var Sigset, a2: var SigInfo): cint {.
@@ -874,15 +944,9 @@ proc CMSG_NXTHDR*(mhdr: ptr Tmsghdr, cmsg: ptr Tcmsghdr): ptr Tcmsghdr {.
 proc CMSG_FIRSTHDR*(mhdr: ptr Tmsghdr): ptr Tcmsghdr {.
   importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
 
-proc CMSG_SPACE*(len: csize): csize {.
-  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>", deprecated: "argument `len` should be of type `csize_t`".}
-
 proc CMSG_SPACE*(len: csize_t): csize_t {.
   importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
 
-proc CMSG_LEN*(len: csize): csize {.
-  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>", deprecated: "argument `len` should be of type `csize_t`".}
-
 proc CMSG_LEN*(len: csize_t): csize_t {.
   importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
 
@@ -892,11 +956,15 @@ const
 proc `==`*(x, y: SocketHandle): bool {.borrow.}
 
 proc accept*(a1: SocketHandle, a2: ptr SockAddr, a3: ptr SockLen): SocketHandle {.
-  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
+  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>", sideEffect.}
+
+when defined(linux) or defined(bsd) or defined(nuttx):
+  proc accept4*(a1: SocketHandle, a2: ptr SockAddr, a3: ptr SockLen,
+                flags: cint): SocketHandle {.importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
 
 proc bindSocket*(a1: SocketHandle, a2: ptr SockAddr, a3: SockLen): cint {.
   importc: "bind", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
-  ## is Posix's ``bind``, because ``bind`` is a reserved word
+  ## is Posix's `bind`, because `bind` is a reserved word
 
 proc connect*(a1: SocketHandle, a2: ptr SockAddr, a3: SockLen): cint {.
   importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
@@ -909,21 +977,21 @@ proc getsockopt*(a1: SocketHandle, a2, a3: cint, a4: pointer, a5: ptr SockLen):
   importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
 
 proc listen*(a1: SocketHandle, a2: cint): cint {.
-  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
+  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc recv*(a1: SocketHandle, a2: pointer, a3: int, a4: cint): int {.
-  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
+  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc recvfrom*(a1: SocketHandle, a2: pointer, a3: int, a4: cint,
         a5: ptr SockAddr, a6: ptr SockLen): int {.
-  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
+  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc recvmsg*(a1: SocketHandle, a2: ptr Tmsghdr, a3: cint): int {.
-  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
+  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc send*(a1: SocketHandle, a2: pointer, a3: int, a4: cint): int {.
-  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
+  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc sendmsg*(a1: SocketHandle, a2: ptr Tmsghdr, a3: cint): int {.
-  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
+  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc sendto*(a1: SocketHandle, a2: pointer, a3: int, a4: cint, a5: ptr SockAddr,
              a6: SockLen): int {.
-  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
+  importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>", sideEffect.}
 proc setsockopt*(a1: SocketHandle, a2, a3: cint, a4: pointer, a5: SockLen): cint {.
   importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}
 proc shutdown*(a1: SocketHandle, a2: cint): cint {.
@@ -956,9 +1024,15 @@ proc IN6_IS_ADDR_LINKLOCAL* (a1: ptr In6Addr): cint {.
 proc IN6_IS_ADDR_SITELOCAL* (a1: ptr In6Addr): cint {.
   importc, header: "<netinet/in.h>".}
   ## Unicast site-local address.
-proc IN6_IS_ADDR_V4MAPPED* (a1: ptr In6Addr): cint {.
-  importc, header: "<netinet/in.h>".}
-  ## IPv4 mapped address.
+when defined(lwip):
+  proc IN6_IS_ADDR_V4MAPPED*(ipv6_address: ptr In6Addr): cint =
+    var bits32: ptr array[4, uint32] = cast[ptr array[4, uint32]](ipv6_address)
+    return (bits32[1] == 0'u32 and bits32[2] == htonl(0x0000FFFF)).cint
+else:
+  proc IN6_IS_ADDR_V4MAPPED* (a1: ptr In6Addr): cint {.
+    importc, header: "<netinet/in.h>".}
+    ## IPv4 mapped address.
+
 proc IN6_IS_ADDR_V4COMPAT* (a1: ptr In6Addr): cint {.
   importc, header: "<netinet/in.h>".}
   ## IPv4-compatible address.
@@ -982,7 +1056,7 @@ proc endhostent*() {.importc, header: "<netdb.h>".}
 proc endnetent*() {.importc, header: "<netdb.h>".}
 proc endprotoent*() {.importc, header: "<netdb.h>".}
 proc endservent*() {.importc, header: "<netdb.h>".}
-proc freeaddrinfo*(a1: ptr AddrInfo) {.importc, header: "<netdb.h>".}
+proc freeAddrInfo*(a1: ptr AddrInfo) {.importc: "freeaddrinfo", header: "<netdb.h>".}
 
 proc gai_strerror*(a1: cint): cstring {.importc:"(char *)$1", header: "<netdb.h>".}
 
@@ -1020,22 +1094,37 @@ proc setnetent*(a1: cint) {.importc, header: "<netdb.h>".}
 proc setprotoent*(a1: cint) {.importc, header: "<netdb.h>".}
 proc setservent*(a1: cint) {.importc, header: "<netdb.h>".}
 
-proc poll*(a1: ptr TPollfd, a2: Tnfds, a3: int): cint {.
-  importc, header: "<poll.h>".}
+when not defined(lwip):
+  proc poll*(a1: ptr TPollfd, a2: Tnfds, a3: int): cint {.
+    importc, header: "<poll.h>", sideEffect.}
 
 proc realpath*(name, resolved: cstring): cstring {.
   importc: "realpath", header: "<stdlib.h>".}
 
-proc mkstemp*(tmpl: cstring): cint {.importc, header: "<stdlib.h>".}
+proc mkstemp*(tmpl: cstring): cint {.importc, header: "<stdlib.h>", sideEffect.}
   ## Creates a unique temporary file.
   ##
-  ## **Warning**: The `tmpl` argument is written to by `mkstemp` and thus
-  ## can't be a string literal. If in doubt copy the string before passing it.
+  ## .. warning:: The `tmpl` argument is written to by `mkstemp` and thus
+  ##   can't be a string literal. If in doubt make a copy of the cstring before
+  ##   passing it in.
 
-proc mkdtemp*(tmpl: cstring): pointer {.importc, header: "<stdlib.h>".}
+proc mkstemps*(tmpl: cstring, suffixlen: int): cint {.importc, header: "<stdlib.h>", sideEffect.}
+  ## Creates a unique temporary file.
+  ##
+  ## .. warning:: The `tmpl` argument is written to by `mkstemps` and thus
+  ##   can't be a string literal. If in doubt make a copy of the cstring before
+  ##   passing it in.
+
+proc mkdtemp*(tmpl: cstring): pointer {.importc, header: "<stdlib.h>", sideEffect.}
+
+when defined(linux) or defined(bsd) or defined(osx):
+  proc mkostemp*(tmpl: cstring, oflags: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<stdlib.h>", sideEffect.}
+  proc mkostemps*(tmpl: cstring, suffixlen: cint, oflags: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<stdlib.h>", sideEffect.}
+
+  proc posix_memalign*(memptr: pointer, alignment: csize_t, size: csize_t): cint {.importc, header: "<stdlib.h>".}
 
 proc utimes*(path: cstring, times: ptr array[2, Timeval]): int {.
-  importc: "utimes", header: "<sys/time.h>".}
+  importc: "utimes", header: "<sys/time.h>", sideEffect.}
   ## Sets file access and modification times.
   ##
   ## Pass the filename and an array of times to set the access and modification
@@ -1050,15 +1139,15 @@ proc handle_signal(sig: cint, handler: proc (a: cint) {.noconv.}) {.importc: "si
 
 template onSignal*(signals: varargs[cint], body: untyped) =
   ## Setup code to be executed when Unix signals are received. The
-  ## currently handled signal is injected as ``sig`` into the calling
+  ## currently handled signal is injected as `sig` into the calling
   ## scope.
   ##
   ## Example:
-  ##
-  ## .. code-block::
-  ##   from posix import SIGINT, SIGTERM, onSignal
+  ##   ```Nim
+  ##   from std/posix import SIGINT, SIGTERM, onSignal
   ##   onSignal(SIGINT, SIGTERM):
   ##     echo "bye from signal ", sig
+  ##   ```
 
   for s in signals:
     handle_signal(s,
@@ -1075,12 +1164,12 @@ type
   ## The getrlimit() and setrlimit() system calls get and set resource limits respectively.
   ## Each resource has an associated soft and hard limit, as defined by the RLimit structure
 
-proc setrlimit*(resource: cint, rlp: var RLimit): cint
-      {.importc: "setrlimit",header: "<sys/resource.h>".}
+proc setrlimit*(resource: cint, rlp: var RLimit): cint {.
+  importc: "setrlimit", header: "<sys/resource.h>".}
   ## The setrlimit() system calls sets resource limits.
 
-proc getrlimit*(resource: cint, rlp: var RLimit): cint
-      {.importc: "getrlimit",header: "<sys/resource.h>".}
+proc getrlimit*(resource: cint, rlp: var RLimit): cint {.
+  importc: "getrlimit", header: "<sys/resource.h>".}
   ## The getrlimit() system call gets resource limits.
 
 when defined(nimHasStyleChecks):
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_freertos_consts.nim b/lib/posix/posix_freertos_consts.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f0fc0aae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_freertos_consts.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,506 @@
+# Generated by detect.nim
+
+
+
+# <errno.h>
+var E2BIG* {.importc: "E2BIG", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EACCES* {.importc: "EACCES", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EADDRINUSE* {.importc: "EADDRINUSE", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EADDRNOTAVAIL* {.importc: "EADDRNOTAVAIL", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EAFNOSUPPORT* {.importc: "EAFNOSUPPORT", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EAGAIN* {.importc: "EAGAIN", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EALREADY* {.importc: "EALREADY", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EBADF* {.importc: "EBADF", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EBADMSG* {.importc: "EBADMSG", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EBUSY* {.importc: "EBUSY", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ECANCELED* {.importc: "ECANCELED", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ECHILD* {.importc: "ECHILD", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ECONNABORTED* {.importc: "ECONNABORTED", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ECONNREFUSED* {.importc: "ECONNREFUSED", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ECONNRESET* {.importc: "ECONNRESET", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EDEADLK* {.importc: "EDEADLK", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EDESTADDRREQ* {.importc: "EDESTADDRREQ", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EDOM* {.importc: "EDOM", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EDQUOT* {.importc: "EDQUOT", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EEXIST* {.importc: "EEXIST", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EFAULT* {.importc: "EFAULT", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EFBIG* {.importc: "EFBIG", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EHOSTUNREACH* {.importc: "EHOSTUNREACH", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EIDRM* {.importc: "EIDRM", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EILSEQ* {.importc: "EILSEQ", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EINPROGRESS* {.importc: "EINPROGRESS", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EINTR* {.importc: "EINTR", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EINVAL* {.importc: "EINVAL", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EIO* {.importc: "EIO", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EISCONN* {.importc: "EISCONN", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EISDIR* {.importc: "EISDIR", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ELOOP* {.importc: "ELOOP", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EMFILE* {.importc: "EMFILE", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EMLINK* {.importc: "EMLINK", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EMSGSIZE* {.importc: "EMSGSIZE", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EMULTIHOP* {.importc: "EMULTIHOP", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENAMETOOLONG* {.importc: "ENAMETOOLONG", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENETDOWN* {.importc: "ENETDOWN", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENETRESET* {.importc: "ENETRESET", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENETUNREACH* {.importc: "ENETUNREACH", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENFILE* {.importc: "ENFILE", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOBUFS* {.importc: "ENOBUFS", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENODATA* {.importc: "ENODATA", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENODEV* {.importc: "ENODEV", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOENT* {.importc: "ENOENT", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOEXEC* {.importc: "ENOEXEC", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOLCK* {.importc: "ENOLCK", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOLINK* {.importc: "ENOLINK", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOMEM* {.importc: "ENOMEM", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOMSG* {.importc: "ENOMSG", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOPROTOOPT* {.importc: "ENOPROTOOPT", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOSPC* {.importc: "ENOSPC", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOSR* {.importc: "ENOSR", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOSTR* {.importc: "ENOSTR", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOSYS* {.importc: "ENOSYS", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOTCONN* {.importc: "ENOTCONN", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOTDIR* {.importc: "ENOTDIR", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOTEMPTY* {.importc: "ENOTEMPTY", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOTSOCK* {.importc: "ENOTSOCK", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOTSUP* {.importc: "ENOTSUP", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENOTTY* {.importc: "ENOTTY", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ENXIO* {.importc: "ENXIO", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EOPNOTSUPP* {.importc: "EOPNOTSUPP", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EOVERFLOW* {.importc: "EOVERFLOW", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EPERM* {.importc: "EPERM", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EPIPE* {.importc: "EPIPE", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EPROTO* {.importc: "EPROTO", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EPROTONOSUPPORT* {.importc: "EPROTONOSUPPORT", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EPROTOTYPE* {.importc: "EPROTOTYPE", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ERANGE* {.importc: "ERANGE", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EROFS* {.importc: "EROFS", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ESPIPE* {.importc: "ESPIPE", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ESRCH* {.importc: "ESRCH", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ESTALE* {.importc: "ESTALE", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ETIME* {.importc: "ETIME", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ETIMEDOUT* {.importc: "ETIMEDOUT", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var ETXTBSY* {.importc: "ETXTBSY", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EWOULDBLOCK* {.importc: "EWOULDBLOCK", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+var EXDEV* {.importc: "EXDEV", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
+
+# <sys/fcntl.h>
+var F_GETFD* {.importc: "F_GETFD", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+# var F_SETFD* {.importc: "F_SETFD", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+var F_GETFL* {.importc: "F_GETFL", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+var F_SETFL* {.importc: "F_SETFL", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+# var F_GETLK* {.importc: "F_GETLK", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+# var F_SETLK* {.importc: "F_SETLK", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+# var F_SETLKW* {.importc: "F_SETLKW", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+# var F_GETOWN* {.importc: "F_GETOWN", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+# var F_SETOWN* {.importc: "F_SETOWN", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+# var FD_CLOEXEC* {.importc: "FD_CLOEXEC", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+# var F_RDLCK* {.importc: "F_RDLCK", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+# var F_UNLCK* {.importc: "F_UNLCK", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+# var F_WRLCK* {.importc: "F_WRLCK", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+var O_CREAT* {.importc: "O_CREAT", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+var O_EXCL* {.importc: "O_EXCL", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+# var O_NOCTTY* {.importc: "O_NOCTTY", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+var O_TRUNC* {.importc: "O_TRUNC", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+var O_APPEND* {.importc: "O_APPEND", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+# var O_DSYNC* {.importc: "O_DSYNC", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+var O_NONBLOCK* {.importc: "O_NONBLOCK", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+# var O_RSYNC* {.importc: "O_RSYNC", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+# var O_SYNC* {.importc: "O_SYNC", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+# var O_ACCMODE* {.importc: "O_ACCMODE", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+var O_RDONLY* {.importc: "O_RDONLY", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+var O_RDWR* {.importc: "O_RDWR", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+var O_WRONLY* {.importc: "O_WRONLY", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+# var O_CLOEXEC* {.importc: "O_CLOEXEC", header: "<sys/fcntl.h>".}: cint
+
+# # <locale.h>
+# var LC_ALL* {.importc: "LC_ALL", header: "<locale.h>".}: cint
+# var LC_COLLATE* {.importc: "LC_COLLATE", header: "<locale.h>".}: cint
+# var LC_CTYPE* {.importc: "LC_CTYPE", header: "<locale.h>".}: cint
+# var LC_MESSAGES* {.importc: "LC_MESSAGES", header: "<locale.h>".}: cint
+# var LC_MONETARY* {.importc: "LC_MONETARY", header: "<locale.h>".}: cint
+# var LC_NUMERIC* {.importc: "LC_NUMERIC", header: "<locale.h>".}: cint
+# var LC_TIME* {.importc: "LC_TIME", header: "<locale.h>".}: cint
+
+# <netdb.h>
+var HOST_NOT_FOUND* {.importc: "HOST_NOT_FOUND", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var NO_DATA* {.importc: "NO_DATA", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var NO_RECOVERY* {.importc: "NO_RECOVERY", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var TRY_AGAIN* {.importc: "TRY_AGAIN", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var AI_PASSIVE* {.importc: "AI_PASSIVE", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var AI_CANONNAME* {.importc: "AI_CANONNAME", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var AI_NUMERICHOST* {.importc: "AI_NUMERICHOST", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var AI_NUMERICSERV* {.importc: "AI_NUMERICSERV", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var AI_V4MAPPED* {.importc: "AI_V4MAPPED", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var AI_ALL* {.importc: "AI_ALL", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var AI_ADDRCONFIG* {.importc: "AI_ADDRCONFIG", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var NI_NOFQDN* {.importc: "NI_NOFQDN", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var NI_NUMERICHOST* {.importc: "NI_NUMERICHOST", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var NI_NAMEREQD* {.importc: "NI_NAMEREQD", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var NI_NUMERICSERV* {.importc: "NI_NUMERICSERV", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var NI_DGRAM* {.importc: "NI_DGRAM", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var EAI_AGAIN* {.importc: "EAI_AGAIN", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var EAI_BADFLAGS* {.importc: "EAI_BADFLAGS", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var EAI_FAIL* {.importc: "EAI_FAIL", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var EAI_FAMILY* {.importc: "EAI_FAMILY", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var EAI_MEMORY* {.importc: "EAI_MEMORY", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var EAI_NONAME* {.importc: "EAI_NONAME", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var EAI_SERVICE* {.importc: "EAI_SERVICE", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var EAI_SOCKTYPE* {.importc: "EAI_SOCKTYPE", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+
+var LWIP_DNS_API_DECLARE_H_ERRNO* {.importc: "LWIP_DNS_API_DECLARE_H_ERRNO", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var LWIP_DNS_API_DEFINE_ERRORS* {.importc: "LWIP_DNS_API_DEFINE_ERRORS", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var LWIP_DNS_API_DEFINE_FLAGS* {.importc: "LWIP_DNS_API_DEFINE_FLAGS", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var LWIP_DNS_API_DECLARE_STRUCTS* {.importc: "LWIP_DNS_API_DECLARE_STRUCTS", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+var NETDB_ELEM_SIZE* {.importc: "NETDB_ELEM_SIZE", header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+
+
+# <netif.h>
+var ENABLE_LOOPBACK* {.importc: "ENABLE_LOOPBACK", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_MAX_HWADDR_LEN* {.importc: "NETIF_MAX_HWADDR_LEN", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_NAMESIZE* {.importc: "NETIF_NAMESIZE", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_FLAG_UP* {.importc: "NETIF_FLAG_UP", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_FLAG_BROADCAST* {.importc: "NETIF_FLAG_BROADCAST", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_FLAG_LINK_UP* {.importc: "NETIF_FLAG_LINK_UP", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_FLAG_ETHARP* {.importc: "NETIF_FLAG_ETHARP", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_FLAG_ETHERNET* {.importc: "NETIF_FLAG_ETHERNET", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_FLAG_IGMP* {.importc: "NETIF_FLAG_IGMP", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_FLAG_MLD6* {.importc: "NETIF_FLAG_MLD6", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_FLAG_GARP* {.importc: "NETIF_FLAG_GARP", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_CHECKSUM_GEN_IP* {.importc: "NETIF_CHECKSUM_GEN_IP", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_CHECKSUM_GEN_UDP* {.importc: "NETIF_CHECKSUM_GEN_UDP", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_CHECKSUM_GEN_TCP* {.importc: "NETIF_CHECKSUM_GEN_TCP", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_CHECKSUM_GEN_ICMP* {.importc: "NETIF_CHECKSUM_GEN_ICMP", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_CHECKSUM_GEN_ICMP6* {.importc: "NETIF_CHECKSUM_GEN_ICMP6", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_CHECKSUM_CHECK_IP* {.importc: "NETIF_CHECKSUM_CHECK_IP", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_CHECKSUM_CHECK_UDP* {.importc: "NETIF_CHECKSUM_CHECK_UDP", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_CHECKSUM_CHECK_TCP* {.importc: "NETIF_CHECKSUM_CHECK_TCP", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_CHECKSUM_CHECK_ICMP* {.importc: "NETIF_CHECKSUM_CHECK_ICMP", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_CHECKSUM_CHECK_ICMP6* {.importc: "NETIF_CHECKSUM_CHECK_ICMP6", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_CHECKSUM_ENABLE_ALL* {.importc: "NETIF_CHECKSUM_ENABLE_ALL", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_CHECKSUM_DISABLE_ALL* {.importc: "NETIF_CHECKSUM_DISABLE_ALL", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_ADDR_IDX_MAX* {.importc: "NETIF_ADDR_IDX_MAX", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var LWIP_NETIF_USE_HINTS* {.importc: "LWIP_NETIF_USE_HINTS", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var NETIF_NO_INDEX* {.importc: "NETIF_NO_INDEX", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var LWIP_NSC_NONE* {.importc: "LWIP_NSC_NONE", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var LWIP_NSC_NETIF_ADDED* {.importc: "LWIP_NSC_NETIF_ADDED", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var LWIP_NSC_NETIF_REMOVED* {.importc: "LWIP_NSC_NETIF_REMOVED", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var LWIP_NSC_LINK_CHANGED* {.importc: "LWIP_NSC_LINK_CHANGED", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var LWIP_NSC_STATUS_CHANGED* {.importc: "LWIP_NSC_STATUS_CHANGED", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var LWIP_NSC_IPV4_ADDRESS_CHANGED* {.importc: "LWIP_NSC_IPV4_ADDRESS_CHANGED", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var LWIP_NSC_IPV4_GATEWAY_CHANGED* {.importc: "LWIP_NSC_IPV4_GATEWAY_CHANGED", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var LWIP_NSC_IPV4_NETMASK_CHANGED* {.importc: "LWIP_NSC_IPV4_NETMASK_CHANGED", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var LWIP_NSC_IPV4_SETTINGS_CHANGED* {.importc: "LWIP_NSC_IPV4_SETTINGS_CHANGED", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var LWIP_NSC_IPV6_SET* {.importc: "LWIP_NSC_IPV6_SET", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+var LWIP_NSC_IPV6_ADDR_STATE_CHANGED* {.importc: "LWIP_NSC_IPV6_ADDR_STATE_CHANGED", header: "<netif.h>".}: cint
+#define NETIF_DECLARE_EXT_CALLBACK(name)
+
+
+# <net/if.h>
+var IF_NAMESIZE* {.importc: "IF_NAMESIZE", header: "<net/if.h>".}: cint
+
+# <sys/socket.h>
+var IPPROTO_IP* {.importc: "IPPROTO_IP", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var IPPROTO_IPV6* {.importc: "IPPROTO_IPV6", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var IPPROTO_ICMP* {.importc: "IPPROTO_ICMP", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var IPPROTO_ICMPV6* {.importc: "IPPROTO_ICMPV6", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var IPPROTO_RAW* {.importc: "IPPROTO_RAW", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var IPPROTO_TCP* {.importc: "IPPROTO_TCP", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var IPPROTO_UDP* {.importc: "IPPROTO_UDP", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var INADDR_ANY* {.importc: "INADDR_ANY", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: InAddrScalar
+var INADDR_LOOPBACK* {.importc: "INADDR_LOOPBACK", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: InAddrScalar
+var INADDR_BROADCAST* {.importc: "INADDR_BROADCAST", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: InAddrScalar
+var INET_ADDRSTRLEN* {.importc: "INET_ADDRSTRLEN", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var INET6_ADDRSTRLEN* {.importc: "INET6_ADDRSTRLEN", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var IPV6_JOIN_GROUP* {.importc: "IPV6_JOIN_GROUP", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var IPV6_LEAVE_GROUP* {.importc: "IPV6_LEAVE_GROUP", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var IPV6_MULTICAST_HOPS* {.importc: "IPV6_MULTICAST_HOPS", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var IPV6_MULTICAST_IF* {.importc: "IPV6_MULTICAST_IF", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var IPV6_MULTICAST_LOOP* {.importc: "IPV6_MULTICAST_LOOP", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS* {.importc: "IPV6_UNICAST_HOPS", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var IPV6_V6ONLY* {.importc: "IPV6_V6ONLY", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+
+# <netinet/tcp.h>
+const TCP_NODELAY*    = 0x01    # don't delay send to coalesce packets
+const TCP_KEEPALIVE*  = 0x02    # send KEEPALIVE probes when idle for pcb->keep_idle milliseconds
+const TCP_KEEPIDLE*   = 0x03    # set pcb->keep_idle  - Same as TCP_KEEPALIVE, but use seconds for get/setsockopt
+const TCP_KEEPINTVL*  = 0x04    # set pcb->keep_intvl - Use seconds for get/setsockopt
+const TCP_KEEPCNT*    = 0x05    # set pcb->keep_cnt   - Use number of probes sent for get/setsockopt
+
+# <nl_types.h>
+# var NL_SETD* {.importc: "NL_SETD", header: "<nl_types.h>".}: cint
+# var NL_CAT_LOCALE* {.importc: "NL_CAT_LOCALE", header: "<nl_types.h>".}: cint
+
+# <sys/poll.h>
+# var POLLIN* {.importc: "POLLIN", header: "<sys/poll.h>".}: cshort
+# var POLLRDNORM* {.importc: "POLLRDNORM", header: "<sys/poll.h>".}: cshort
+# var POLLRDBAND* {.importc: "POLLRDBAND", header: "<sys/poll.h>".}: cshort
+# var POLLPRI* {.importc: "POLLPRI", header: "<sys/poll.h>".}: cshort
+# var POLLOUT* {.importc: "POLLOUT", header: "<sys/poll.h>".}: cshort
+# var POLLWRNORM* {.importc: "POLLWRNORM", header: "<sys/poll.h>".}: cshort
+# var POLLWRBAND* {.importc: "POLLWRBAND", header: "<sys/poll.h>".}: cshort
+# var POLLERR* {.importc: "POLLERR", header: "<sys/poll.h>".}: cshort
+# var POLLHUP* {.importc: "POLLHUP", header: "<sys/poll.h>".}: cshort
+# var POLLNVAL* {.importc: "POLLNVAL", header: "<sys/poll.h>".}: cshort
+
+# <pthread.h>
+var PTHREAD_STACK_MIN* {.importc: "PTHREAD_STACK_MIN", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD* {.importc: "PTHREAD_BARRIER_SERIAL_THREAD", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS* {.importc: "PTHREAD_CANCEL_ASYNCHRONOUS", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE* {.importc: "PTHREAD_CANCEL_ENABLE", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_CANCEL_DEFERRED* {.importc: "PTHREAD_CANCEL_DEFERRED", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE* {.importc: "PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED* {.importc: "PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE* {.importc: "PTHREAD_CREATE_JOINABLE", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED* {.importc: "PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_INHERIT_SCHED* {.importc: "PTHREAD_INHERIT_SCHED", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT* {.importc: "PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK* {.importc: "PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL* {.importc: "PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE* {.importc: "PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT* {.importc: "PTHREAD_PRIO_INHERIT", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_PRIO_NONE* {.importc: "PTHREAD_PRIO_NONE", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_PRIO_PROTECT* {.importc: "PTHREAD_PRIO_PROTECT", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED* {.importc: "PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE* {.importc: "PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_SCOPE_PROCESS* {.importc: "PTHREAD_SCOPE_PROCESS", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+# var PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM* {.importc: "PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM", header: "<pthread.h>".}: cint
+
+# # <sched.h>
+# var SCHED_FIFO* {.importc: "SCHED_FIFO", header: "<sched.h>".}: cint
+# var SCHED_RR* {.importc: "SCHED_RR", header: "<sched.h>".}: cint
+# var SCHED_SPORADIC* {.importc: "SCHED_SPORADIC", header: "<sched.h>".}: cint
+# var SCHED_OTHER* {.importc: "SCHED_OTHER", header: "<sched.h>".}: cint
+
+# <semaphore.h>
+var SEM_FAILED* {.importc: "SEM_FAILED", header: "<semaphore.h>".}: pointer
+
+# # <signal.h>
+# var SIGEV_NONE* {.importc: "SIGEV_NONE", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGEV_SIGNAL* {.importc: "SIGEV_SIGNAL", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGEV_THREAD* {.importc: "SIGEV_THREAD", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGABRT* {.importc: "SIGABRT", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGALRM* {.importc: "SIGALRM", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGBUS* {.importc: "SIGBUS", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGCHLD* {.importc: "SIGCHLD", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGCONT* {.importc: "SIGCONT", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGFPE* {.importc: "SIGFPE", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGHUP* {.importc: "SIGHUP", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGILL* {.importc: "SIGILL", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGINT* {.importc: "SIGINT", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGKILL* {.importc: "SIGKILL", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGPIPE* {.importc: "SIGPIPE", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGQUIT* {.importc: "SIGQUIT", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGSEGV* {.importc: "SIGSEGV", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGSTOP* {.importc: "SIGSTOP", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGTERM* {.importc: "SIGTERM", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGTSTP* {.importc: "SIGTSTP", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGTTIN* {.importc: "SIGTTIN", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGTTOU* {.importc: "SIGTTOU", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGUSR1* {.importc: "SIGUSR1", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGUSR2* {.importc: "SIGUSR2", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGPOLL* {.importc: "SIGPOLL", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGPROF* {.importc: "SIGPROF", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGSYS* {.importc: "SIGSYS", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGTRAP* {.importc: "SIGTRAP", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGURG* {.importc: "SIGURG", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGVTALRM* {.importc: "SIGVTALRM", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGXCPU* {.importc: "SIGXCPU", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGXFSZ* {.importc: "SIGXFSZ", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SA_NOCLDSTOP* {.importc: "SA_NOCLDSTOP", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIG_BLOCK* {.importc: "SIG_BLOCK", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIG_UNBLOCK* {.importc: "SIG_UNBLOCK", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIG_SETMASK* {.importc: "SIG_SETMASK", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SA_ONSTACK* {.importc: "SA_ONSTACK", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SA_RESETHAND* {.importc: "SA_RESETHAND", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SA_RESTART* {.importc: "SA_RESTART", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SA_SIGINFO* {.importc: "SA_SIGINFO", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SA_NOCLDWAIT* {.importc: "SA_NOCLDWAIT", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SA_NODEFER* {.importc: "SA_NODEFER", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SS_ONSTACK* {.importc: "SS_ONSTACK", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SS_DISABLE* {.importc: "SS_DISABLE", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var MINSIGSTKSZ* {.importc: "MINSIGSTKSZ", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIGSTKSZ* {.importc: "SIGSTKSZ", header: "<signal.h>".}: cint
+# var SIG_HOLD* {.importc: "SIG_HOLD", header: "<signal.h>".}: Sighandler
+# var SIG_DFL* {.importc: "SIG_DFL", header: "<signal.h>".}: Sighandler
+# var SIG_ERR* {.importc: "SIG_ERR", header: "<signal.h>".}: Sighandler
+# var SIG_IGN* {.importc: "SIG_IGN", header: "<signal.h>".}: Sighandler
+
+# # <sys/ipc.h>
+# var IPC_CREAT* {.importc: "IPC_CREAT", header: "<sys/ipc.h>".}: cint
+# var IPC_EXCL* {.importc: "IPC_EXCL", header: "<sys/ipc.h>".}: cint
+# var IPC_NOWAIT* {.importc: "IPC_NOWAIT", header: "<sys/ipc.h>".}: cint
+# var IPC_PRIVATE* {.importc: "IPC_PRIVATE", header: "<sys/ipc.h>".}: cint
+# var IPC_RMID* {.importc: "IPC_RMID", header: "<sys/ipc.h>".}: cint
+# var IPC_SET* {.importc: "IPC_SET", header: "<sys/ipc.h>".}: cint
+# var IPC_STAT* {.importc: "IPC_STAT", header: "<sys/ipc.h>".}: cint
+
+# # <sys/mman.h>
+# var PROT_READ* {.importc: "PROT_READ", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var PROT_WRITE* {.importc: "PROT_WRITE", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var PROT_EXEC* {.importc: "PROT_EXEC", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var PROT_NONE* {.importc: "PROT_NONE", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var MAP_ANONYMOUS* {.importc: "MAP_ANONYMOUS", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE* {.importc: "MAP_FIXED_NOREPLACE", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var MAP_NORESERVE* {.importc: "MAP_NORESERVE", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var MAP_SHARED* {.importc: "MAP_SHARED", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var MAP_PRIVATE* {.importc: "MAP_PRIVATE", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var MAP_FIXED* {.importc: "MAP_FIXED", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var MS_ASYNC* {.importc: "MS_ASYNC", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var MS_SYNC* {.importc: "MS_SYNC", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var MS_INVALIDATE* {.importc: "MS_INVALIDATE", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var MCL_CURRENT* {.importc: "MCL_CURRENT", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var MCL_FUTURE* {.importc: "MCL_FUTURE", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var MAP_FAILED* {.importc: "MAP_FAILED", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: pointer
+# var POSIX_MADV_NORMAL* {.importc: "POSIX_MADV_NORMAL", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var POSIX_MADV_SEQUENTIAL* {.importc: "POSIX_MADV_SEQUENTIAL", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var POSIX_MADV_RANDOM* {.importc: "POSIX_MADV_RANDOM", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var POSIX_MADV_WILLNEED* {.importc: "POSIX_MADV_WILLNEED", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var POSIX_MADV_DONTNEED* {.importc: "POSIX_MADV_DONTNEED", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var POSIX_TYPED_MEM_ALLOCATE* {.importc: "POSIX_TYPED_MEM_ALLOCATE", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var POSIX_TYPED_MEM_ALLOCATE_CONTIG* {.importc: "POSIX_TYPED_MEM_ALLOCATE_CONTIG", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+# var POSIX_TYPED_MEM_MAP_ALLOCATABLE* {.importc: "POSIX_TYPED_MEM_MAP_ALLOCATABLE", header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+
+# <sys/resource.h>
+# var RLIMIT_NOFILE* {.importc: "RLIMIT_NOFILE", header: "<sys/resource.h>".}: cint
+
+var FD_MAX* {.importc: "CONFIG_LWIP_MAX_SOCKETS", header: "<lwipopts.h>".}: cint
+
+# <sys/select.h>
+var FD_SETSIZE* {.importc: "FD_SETSIZE", header: "<sys/select.h>".}: cint
+
+# <sys/socket.h>
+# struct msghdr->msg_flags bit field values 
+const MSG_TRUNC*   = 0x04
+const MSG_CTRUNC*  = 0x08
+
+# Flags we can use with send and recv.
+const MSG_PEEK*       = 0x01    # Peeks at an incoming message
+const MSG_WAITALL*    = 0x02    # Unimplemented: Requests that the function block until the full amount of data requested can be returned
+const MSG_OOB*        = 0x04    # Unimplemented: Requests out-of-band data. The significance and semantics of out-of-band data are protocol-specific
+const MSG_DONTWAIT*   = 0x08    # Nonblocking i/o for this operation only
+const MSG_MORE*       = 0x10    # Sender will send more
+# const MSG_NOSIGNAL*   = 0x20    # Uninmplemented: Requests not to send the SIGPIPE signal if an attempt to send is made on a stream-oriented socket that is no longer connected.
+
+# Alternately, they can defined like this, but the above seems better when they're known/stable values:
+# var MSG_TRUNC* {.importc: "MSG_TRUNC", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+# var MSG_CTRUNC* {.importc: "MSG_CTRUNC", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+# var MSG_DONTROUTE* {.importc: "MSG_DONTROUTE", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint # not defined in lwip
+# var MSG_EOR* {.importc: "MSG_EOR", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint # not defined in lwip
+# var MSG_OOB* {.importc: "MSG_OOB", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+
+
+# var SCM_RIGHTS* {.importc: "SCM_RIGHTS", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_ACCEPTCONN* {.importc: "SO_ACCEPTCONN", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_BROADCAST* {.importc: "SO_BROADCAST", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_DEBUG* {.importc: "SO_DEBUG", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_DONTROUTE* {.importc: "SO_DONTROUTE", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_ERROR* {.importc: "SO_ERROR", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_KEEPALIVE* {.importc: "SO_KEEPALIVE", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_LINGER* {.importc: "SO_LINGER", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_OOBINLINE* {.importc: "SO_OOBINLINE", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_RCVBUF* {.importc: "SO_RCVBUF", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_RCVLOWAT* {.importc: "SO_RCVLOWAT", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_RCVTIMEO* {.importc: "SO_RCVTIMEO", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_REUSEADDR* {.importc: "SO_REUSEADDR", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_SNDBUF* {.importc: "SO_SNDBUF", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_SNDLOWAT* {.importc: "SO_SNDLOWAT", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_SNDTIMEO* {.importc: "SO_SNDTIMEO", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_TYPE* {.importc: "SO_TYPE", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SOCK_DGRAM* {.importc: "SOCK_DGRAM", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SOCK_RAW* {.importc: "SOCK_RAW", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+
+# var SOCK_SEQPACKET* {.importc: "SOCK_SEQPACKET", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+const SOCK_SEQPACKET* = cint(5)
+
+var SOCK_STREAM* {.importc: "SOCK_STREAM", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SOL_SOCKET* {.importc: "SOL_SOCKET", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+
+const SocketMaxConnections {.intdefine.}: int = 32
+var SOMAXCONN*: cint = SocketMaxConnections.cint
+
+var AF_INET* {.importc: "AF_INET", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var AF_INET6* {.importc: "AF_INET6", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+# var AF_UNIX* {.importc: "AF_UNIX", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+const AF_UNIX*: cint = 1 # for compat with Nim libraries, doesn't exist on freertos
+var AF_UNSPEC* {.importc: "AF_UNSPEC", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SHUT_RD* {.importc: "SHUT_RD", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SHUT_RDWR* {.importc: "SHUT_RDWR", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SHUT_WR* {.importc: "SHUT_WR", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+
+# # <sys/stat.h>
+# <sys/stat.h>
+
+# var S_IFBLK* {.importc: "S_IFBLK", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+# var S_IFCHR* {.importc: "S_IFCHR", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+# var S_IFDIR* {.importc: "S_IFDIR", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+# var S_IFIFO* {.importc: "S_IFIFO", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+# var S_IFLNK* {.importc: "S_IFLNK", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+# var S_IFMT* {.importc: "S_IFMT", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+# var S_IFREG* {.importc: "S_IFREG", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+# var S_IFSOCK* {.importc: "S_IFSOCK", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+var S_IRGRP* {.importc: "S_IRGRP", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+var S_IROTH* {.importc: "S_IROTH", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+var S_IRUSR* {.importc: "S_IRUSR", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+# var S_IRWXG* {.importc: "S_IRWXG", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+# var S_IRWXO* {.importc: "S_IRWXO", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+# var S_IRWXU* {.importc: "S_IRWXU", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+# var S_ISGID* {.importc: "S_ISGID", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+# var S_ISUID* {.importc: "S_ISUID", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+# var S_ISVTX* {.importc: "S_ISVTX", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+var S_IWGRP* {.importc: "S_IWGRP", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+var S_IWOTH* {.importc: "S_IWOTH", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+var S_IWUSR* {.importc: "S_IWUSR", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+var S_IXGRP* {.importc: "S_IXGRP", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+var S_IXOTH* {.importc: "S_IXOTH", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+var S_IXUSR* {.importc: "S_IXUSR", header: "<sys/stat.h>".}: cint
+
+# # <sys/statvfs.h>
+# var ST_RDONLY* {.importc: "ST_RDONLY", header: "<sys/statvfs.h>".}: cint
+# var ST_NOSUID* {.importc: "ST_NOSUID", header: "<sys/statvfs.h>".}: cint
+
+# # <sys/wait.h>
+# var WNOHANG* {.importc: "WNOHANG", header: "<sys/wait.h>".}: cint
+# var WUNTRACED* {.importc: "WUNTRACED", header: "<sys/wait.h>".}: cint
+# var WEXITED* {.importc: "WEXITED", header: "<sys/wait.h>".}: cint
+# var WSTOPPED* {.importc: "WSTOPPED", header: "<sys/wait.h>".}: cint
+# var WCONTINUED* {.importc: "WCONTINUED", header: "<sys/wait.h>".}: cint
+# var WNOWAIT* {.importc: "WNOWAIT", header: "<sys/wait.h>".}: cint
+# var P_ALL* {.importc: "P_ALL", header: "<sys/wait.h>".}: cint
+# var P_PID* {.importc: "P_PID", header: "<sys/wait.h>".}: cint
+# var P_PGID* {.importc: "P_PGID", header: "<sys/wait.h>".}: cint
+
+# # <spawn.h>
+# var POSIX_SPAWN_RESETIDS* {.importc: "POSIX_SPAWN_RESETIDS", header: "<spawn.h>".}: cint
+# var POSIX_SPAWN_SETPGROUP* {.importc: "POSIX_SPAWN_SETPGROUP", header: "<spawn.h>".}: cint
+# var POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDPARAM* {.importc: "POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDPARAM", header: "<spawn.h>".}: cint
+# var POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDULER* {.importc: "POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDULER", header: "<spawn.h>".}: cint
+# var POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGDEF* {.importc: "POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGDEF", header: "<spawn.h>".}: cint
+# var POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGMASK* {.importc: "POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGMASK", header: "<spawn.h>".}: cint
+
+## <stdio.h>
+# var IOFBF* {.importc: "_IOFBF", header: "<stdio.h>".}: cint
+# var IONBF* {.importc: "_IONBF", header: "<stdio.h>".}: cint
+
+# <time.h>
+var CLOCKS_PER_SEC* {.importc: "CLOCKS_PER_SEC", header: "<time.h>".}: clong
+var CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID* {.importc: "CLOCK_PROCESS_CPUTIME_ID", header: "<time.h>".}: cint
+var CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID* {.importc: "CLOCK_THREAD_CPUTIME_ID", header: "<time.h>".}: cint
+var CLOCK_REALTIME* {.importc: "CLOCK_REALTIME", header: "<time.h>".}: cint
+var TIMER_ABSTIME* {.importc: "TIMER_ABSTIME", header: "<time.h>".}: cint
+var CLOCK_MONOTONIC* {.importc: "CLOCK_MONOTONIC", header: "<time.h>".}: cint
+
+# <unistd.h>
+
+const F_OK* = cint(0)
+const R_OK* = cint(4)
+const W_OK* = cint(2)
+const X_OK* = cint(1)
+const F_LOCK* = cint(1)
+const F_TEST* = cint(3)
+const F_TLOCK* = cint(2)
+const F_ULOCK* = cint(0)
+
+# <stdio.h>
+const SEEK_SET* = cint(0)
+const SEEK_CUR* = cint(1)
+const SEEK_END* = cint(2)
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_haiku.nim b/lib/posix/posix_haiku.nim
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32a6d24e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_haiku.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,603 @@
+#
+#
+#            Nim's Runtime Library
+#        (c) Copyright 2020 Andreas Rumpf
+#
+#    See the file "copying.txt", included in this
+#    distribution, for details about the copyright.
+#
+
+when defined(nimHasStyleChecks):
+  {.push styleChecks: off.}
+
+const
+  hasSpawnH = true # should exist for every Posix system nowadays
+  hasAioH = defined(linux)
+
+when defined(linux) and not defined(android):
+  # On Linux:
+  # timer_{create,delete,settime,gettime},
+  # clock_{getcpuclockid, getres, gettime, nanosleep, settime} lives in librt
+  {.passl: "-lrt".}
+when defined(solaris):
+  # On Solaris hstrerror lives in libresolv
+  {.passl: "-lresolv".}
+
+type
+  DIR* {.importc: "DIR", header: "<dirent.h>",
+          incompleteStruct.} = object
+    ## A type representing a directory stream.
+
+type
+  SocketHandle* = distinct cint # The type used to represent socket descriptors
+
+type
+  Time* {.importc: "time_t", header: "<time.h>".} = distinct (
+    when defined(i386):
+      int32
+    else:
+      int64
+  )
+  Timespec* {.importc: "struct timespec",
+               header: "<time.h>", final, pure.} = object ## struct timespec
+    tv_sec*: Time  ## Seconds.
+    tv_nsec*: int  ## Nanoseconds.
+
+  Dirent* {.importc: "struct dirent",
+             header: "<dirent.h>", final, pure.} = object ## dirent_t struct
+    when defined(haiku):
+      d_dev*: Dev ## Device (not POSIX)
+      d_pdev*: Dev ## Parent device (only for queries) (not POSIX)
+    d_ino*: Ino  ## File serial number.
+    when defined(dragonfly):
+      # DragonflyBSD doesn't have `d_reclen` field.
+      d_type*: uint8
+    elif defined(linux) or defined(macosx) or defined(freebsd) or
+         defined(netbsd) or defined(openbsd) or defined(genode):
+      d_reclen*: cshort ## Length of this record. (not POSIX)
+      d_type*: int8 ## Type of file; not supported by all filesystem types.
+                    ## (not POSIX)
+      when defined(linux) or defined(openbsd):
+        d_off*: Off  ## Not an offset. Value that `telldir()` would return.
+    elif defined(haiku):
+      d_pino*: Ino ## Parent inode (only for queries) (not POSIX)
+      d_reclen*: cushort ## Length of this record. (not POSIX)
+
+    when not defined(haiku):
+      d_name*: array[0..255, char] ## Name of entry.
+    else:
+      d_name*: UncheckedArray[char] ## Name of entry (NUL terminated).
+
+  Tflock* {.importc: "struct flock", final, pure,
+            header: "<fcntl.h>".} = object ## flock type
+    l_type*: cshort   ## Type of lock; F_RDLCK, F_WRLCK, F_UNLCK.
+    l_whence*: cshort ## Flag for starting offset.
+    l_start*: Off     ## Relative offset in bytes.
+    l_len*: Off       ## Size; if 0 then until EOF.
+    l_pid*: Pid      ## Process ID of the process holding the lock;
+                      ## returned with F_GETLK.
+
+  FTW* {.importc: "struct FTW", header: "<ftw.h>", final, pure.} = object
+    base*: cint
+    level*: cint
+
+  Glob* {.importc: "glob_t", header: "<glob.h>",
+           final, pure.} = object ## glob_t
+    gl_pathc*: int          ## Count of paths matched by pattern.
+    gl_pathv*: cstringArray ## Pointer to a list of matched pathnames.
+    gl_offs*: int           ## Slots to reserve at the beginning of gl_pathv.
+
+  Group* {.importc: "struct group", header: "<grp.h>",
+            final, pure.} = object ## struct group
+    gr_name*: cstring     ## The name of the group.
+    gr_gid*: Gid         ## Numerical group ID.
+    gr_mem*: cstringArray ## Pointer to a null-terminated array of character
+                          ## pointers to member names.
+
+  Iconv* {.importc: "iconv_t", header: "<iconv.h>", final, pure.} =
+    object ## Identifies the conversion from one codeset to another.
+
+  Lconv* {.importc: "struct lconv", header: "<locale.h>", final,
+            pure.} = object
+    currency_symbol*: cstring
+    decimal_point*: cstring
+    frac_digits*: char
+    grouping*: cstring
+    int_curr_symbol*: cstring
+    int_frac_digits*: char
+    int_n_cs_precedes*: char
+    int_n_sep_by_space*: char
+    int_n_sign_posn*: char
+    int_p_cs_precedes*: char
+    int_p_sep_by_space*: char
+    int_p_sign_posn*: char
+    mon_decimal_point*: cstring
+    mon_grouping*: cstring
+    mon_thousands_sep*: cstring
+    negative_sign*: cstring
+    n_cs_precedes*: char
+    n_sep_by_space*: char
+    n_sign_posn*: char
+    positive_sign*: cstring
+    p_cs_precedes*: char
+    p_sep_by_space*: char
+    p_sign_posn*: char
+    thousands_sep*: cstring
+
+  Mqd* {.importc: "mqd_t", header: "<mqueue.h>", final, pure.} = object
+  MqAttr* {.importc: "struct mq_attr",
+             header: "<mqueue.h>",
+             final, pure.} = object ## message queue attribute
+    mq_flags*: int   ## Message queue flags.
+    mq_maxmsg*: int  ## Maximum number of messages.
+    mq_msgsize*: int ## Maximum message size.
+    mq_curmsgs*: int ## Number of messages currently queued.
+
+  Passwd* {.importc: "struct passwd", header: "<pwd.h>",
+             final, pure.} = object ## struct passwd
+    pw_name*: cstring   ## User's login name.
+    pw_uid*: Uid        ## Numerical user ID.
+    pw_gid*: Gid        ## Numerical group ID.
+    pw_dir*: cstring    ## Initial working directory.
+    pw_shell*: cstring  ## Program to use as shell.
+
+  Blkcnt* {.importc: "blkcnt_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int64
+    ## used for file block counts
+  Blksize* {.importc: "blksize_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int32
+    ## used for block sizes
+  Clock* {.importc: "clock_t", header: "<time.h>".} = int32
+  ClockId* {.importc: "clockid_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int32
+  Dev* {.importc: "dev_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int32
+  Fsblkcnt* {.importc: "fsblkcnt_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int64
+  Fsfilcnt* {.importc: "fsfilcnt_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int64
+  Gid* {.importc: "gid_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = uint32
+  Id* {.importc: "id_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int32
+  Ino* {.importc: "ino_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int64
+  Key* {.importc: "key_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int32
+  Mode* {.importc: "mode_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = (
+    when defined(android) or defined(macos) or defined(macosx) or
+        (defined(bsd) and not defined(openbsd) and not defined(netbsd)):
+      uint16
+    else:
+      uint32
+  )
+  Nlink* {.importc: "nlink_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int32
+  Off* {.importc: "off_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int64
+  Pid* {.importc: "pid_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int32
+  Pthread_attr* {.importc: "pthread_attr_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = object
+  Pthread_barrier* {.importc: "pthread_barrier_t",
+                      header: "<sys/types.h>".} = object
+  Pthread_barrierattr* {.importc: "pthread_barrierattr_t",
+                          header: "<sys/types.h>".} = object
+  Pthread_cond* {.importc: "pthread_cond_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = object
+  Pthread_condattr* {.importc: "pthread_condattr_t",
+                       header: "<sys/types.h>".} = object
+  Pthread_key* {.importc: "pthread_key_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = object
+  Pthread_mutex* {.importc: "pthread_mutex_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = object
+  Pthread_mutexattr* {.importc: "pthread_mutexattr_t",
+                        header: "<sys/types.h>".} = object
+  Pthread_once* {.importc: "pthread_once_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = object
+  Pthread_rwlock* {.importc: "pthread_rwlock_t",
+                     header: "<sys/types.h>".} = object
+  Pthread_rwlockattr* {.importc: "pthread_rwlockattr_t",
+                         header: "<sys/types.h>".} = object
+  Pthread_spinlock* {.importc: "pthread_spinlock_t",
+                       header: "<sys/types.h>".} = object
+  Pthread* {.importc: "pthread_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = object
+  Suseconds* {.importc: "suseconds_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int32
+  #Ttime* {.importc: "time_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
+  Timer* {.importc: "timer_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = object
+  Uid* {.importc: "uid_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = uint32
+  Useconds* {.importc: "useconds_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = uint32
+
+  Utsname* {.importc: "struct utsname",
+              header: "<sys/utsname.h>",
+              final, pure.} = object ## struct utsname
+    sysname*,        ## Name of this implementation of the operating system.
+      nodename*,     ## Name of this node within the communications
+                     ## network to which this node is attached, if any.
+      release*,      ## Current release level of this implementation.
+      version*,      ## Current version level of this release.
+      machine*: array[32, char] ## Name of the hardware type on which the
+                                ## system is running.
+
+  Sem* {.importc: "sem_t", header: "<semaphore.h>", final, pure.} = object
+  Ipc_perm* {.importc: "struct ipc_perm",
+               header: "<sys/ipc.h>", final, pure.} = object ## struct ipc_perm
+    uid*: Uid    ## Owner's user ID.
+    gid*: Gid    ## Owner's group ID.
+    cuid*: Uid   ## Creator's user ID.
+    cgid*: Gid   ## Creator's group ID.
+    mode*: Mode  ## Read/write permission.
+
+  Stat* {.importc: "struct stat",
+           header: "<sys/stat.h>", final, pure.} = object ## struct stat
+    st_dev*: Dev          ## Device ID of device containing file.
+    st_ino*: Ino          ## File serial number.
+    st_mode*: Mode        ## Mode of file (see below).
+    st_nlink*: Nlink      ## Number of hard links to the file.
+    st_uid*: Uid          ## User ID of file.
+    st_gid*: Gid          ## Group ID of file.
+    st_rdev*: Dev         ## Device ID (if file is character or block special).
+    st_size*: Off         ## For regular files, the file size in bytes.
+                          ## For symbolic links, the length in bytes of the
+                          ## pathname contained in the symbolic link.
+                          ## For a shared memory object, the length in bytes.
+                          ## For a typed memory object, the length in bytes.
+                          ## For other file types, the use of this field is
+                          ## unspecified.
+    when StatHasNanoseconds:
+      st_atim*: Timespec  ## Time of last access.
+      st_mtim*: Timespec  ## Time of last data modification.
+      st_ctim*: Timespec  ## Time of last status change.
+    else:
+      st_atime*: Time     ## Time of last access.
+      st_mtime*: Time     ## Time of last data modification.
+      st_ctime*: Time     ## Time of last status change.
+    st_blksize*: Blksize  ## A file system-specific preferred I/O block size
+                          ## for this object. In some file system types, this
+                          ## may vary from file to file.
+    st_blocks*: Blkcnt    ## Number of blocks allocated for this object.
+
+
+  Statvfs* {.importc: "struct statvfs", header: "<sys/statvfs.h>",
+              final, pure.} = object ## struct statvfs
+    f_bsize*: culong        ## File system block size.
+    f_frsize*: culong       ## Fundamental file system block size.
+    f_blocks*: Fsblkcnt     ## Total number of blocks on file system
+                            ## in units of f_frsize.
+    f_bfree*: Fsblkcnt      ## Total number of free blocks.
+    f_bavail*: Fsblkcnt     ## Number of free blocks available to
+                            ## non-privileged process.
+    f_files*: Fsfilcnt      ## Total number of file serial numbers.
+    f_ffree*: Fsfilcnt      ## Total number of free file serial numbers.
+    f_favail*: Fsfilcnt     ## Number of file serial numbers available to
+                            ## non-privileged process.
+    f_fsid*: culong         ## File system ID.
+    f_flag*: culong         ## Bit mask of f_flag values.
+    f_namemax*: culong      ## Maximum filename length.
+
+  Tm* {.importc: "struct tm", header: "<time.h>",
+         final, pure.} = object ## struct tm
+    tm_sec*: cint   ## Seconds [0,60].
+    tm_min*: cint   ## Minutes [0,59].
+    tm_hour*: cint  ## Hour [0,23].
+    tm_mday*: cint  ## Day of month [1,31].
+    tm_mon*: cint   ## Month of year [0,11].
+    tm_year*: cint  ## Years since 1900.
+    tm_wday*: cint  ## Day of week [0,6] (Sunday =0).
+    tm_yday*: cint  ## Day of year [0,365].
+    tm_isdst*: cint ## Daylight Savings flag.
+  Itimerspec* {.importc: "struct itimerspec", header: "<time.h>",
+                 final, pure.} = object ## struct itimerspec
+    it_interval*: Timespec  ## Timer period.
+    it_value*: Timespec     ## Timer expiration.
+
+  Sig_atomic* {.importc: "sig_atomic_t", header: "<signal.h>".} = cint
+    ## Possibly volatile-qualified integer type of an object that can be
+    ## accessed as an atomic entity, even in the presence of asynchronous
+    ## interrupts.
+  Sigset* {.importc: "sigset_t", header: "<signal.h>".} = uint64
+
+  SigEvent* {.importc: "struct sigevent",
+               header: "<signal.h>", final, pure.} = object ## struct sigevent
+    sigev_notify*: cint           ## Notification type.
+    sigev_signo*: cint            ## Signal number.
+    sigev_value*: SigVal          ## Signal value.
+    sigev_notify_function*: proc (x: SigVal) {.noconv.} ## Notification func.
+    sigev_notify_attributes*: ptr Pthread_attr ## Notification attributes.
+
+  SigVal* {.importc: "union sigval",
+             header: "<signal.h>", final, pure.} = object ## struct sigval
+    sival_ptr*: pointer ## pointer signal value;
+                        ## integer signal value not defined!
+  Sigaction* {.importc: "struct sigaction",
+                header: "<signal.h>", final, pure.} = object ## struct sigaction
+    sa_handler*: proc (x: cint) {.noconv.}  ## Pointer to a signal-catching
+                                            ## function or one of the macros
+                                            ## SIG_IGN or SIG_DFL.
+    sa_mask*: Sigset ## Set of signals to be blocked during execution of
+                      ## the signal handling function.
+    sa_flags*: cint   ## Special flags.
+    sa_sigaction*: proc (x: cint, y: ptr SigInfo, z: pointer) {.noconv.}
+
+  Stack* {.importc: "stack_t",
+            header: "<signal.h>", final, pure.} = object ## stack_t
+    ss_sp*: pointer  ## Stack base or pointer.
+    ss_size*: csize_t ## Stack size.
+    ss_flags*: cint  ## Flags.
+
+  SigInfo* {.importc: "siginfo_t",
+              header: "<signal.h>", final, pure.} = object ## siginfo_t
+    si_signo*: cint    ## Signal number.
+    si_code*: cint     ## Signal code.
+    si_errno*: cint    ## If non-zero, an errno value associated with
+                       ## this signal, as defined in <errno.h>.
+    si_pid*: Pid       ## Sending process ID.
+    si_uid*: Uid       ## Real user ID of sending process.
+    si_addr*: pointer  ## Address of faulting instruction.
+    si_status*: cint   ## Exit value or signal.
+    si_band*: int      ## Band event for SIGPOLL.
+    si_value*: SigVal  ## Signal value.
+
+  Nl_item* {.importc: "nl_item", header: "<nl_types.h>".} = cint
+  Nl_catd* {.importc: "nl_catd", header: "<nl_types.h>".} = cint
+
+  Sched_param* {.importc: "struct sched_param",
+                  header: "<sched.h>",
+                  final, pure.} = object ## struct sched_param
+    sched_priority*: cint
+
+  Timeval* {.importc: "struct timeval", header: "<sys/select.h>",
+             final, pure.} = object ## struct timeval
+    tv_sec*: Time ## Seconds.
+    tv_usec*: Suseconds ## Microseconds.
+  TFdSet* {.importc: "fd_set", header: "<sys/select.h>",
+           final, pure.} = object
+  Mcontext* {.importc: "mcontext_t", header: "<ucontext.h>",
+               final, pure.} = object
+  Ucontext* {.importc: "ucontext_t", header: "<ucontext.h>",
+               final, pure.} = object ## ucontext_t
+    uc_link*: ptr Ucontext  ## Pointer to the context that is resumed
+                            ## when this context returns.
+    uc_sigmask*: Sigset     ## The set of signals that are blocked when this
+                            ## context is active.
+    uc_stack*: Stack        ## The stack used by this context.
+    uc_mcontext*: Mcontext  ## A machine-specific representation of the saved
+                            ## context.
+
+when hasAioH:
+  type
+    Taiocb* {.importc: "struct aiocb", header: "<aio.h>",
+              final, pure.} = object ## struct aiocb
+      aio_fildes*: cint         ## File descriptor.
+      aio_offset*: Off          ## File offset.
+      aio_buf*: pointer         ## Location of buffer.
+      aio_nbytes*: int          ## Length of transfer.
+      aio_reqprio*: cint        ## Request priority offset.
+      aio_sigevent*: SigEvent   ## Signal number and value.
+      aio_lio_opcode: cint      ## Operation to be performed.
+
+when hasSpawnH:
+  type
+    Tposix_spawnattr* {.importc: "posix_spawnattr_t",
+                        header: "<spawn.h>", final, pure.} = object
+    Tposix_spawn_file_actions* {.importc: "posix_spawn_file_actions_t",
+                                 header: "<spawn.h>", final, pure.} = object
+
+when defined(linux):
+  # from sys/un.h
+  const Sockaddr_un_path_length* = 108
+elif defined(haiku):
+  # from sys/un.h
+  const Sockaddr_un_path_length* = 126
+else:
+  # according to http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009604499/basedefs/sys/un.h.html
+  # this is >=92
+  const Sockaddr_un_path_length* = 92
+
+type
+  SockLen* {.importc: "socklen_t", header: "<sys/socket.h>".} = uint32
+  TSa_Family* {.importc: "sa_family_t", header: "<sys/socket.h>".} = uint8
+
+  SockAddr* {.importc: "struct sockaddr", header: "<sys/socket.h>",
+              pure, final.} = object ## struct sockaddr
+    sa_family*: TSa_Family         ## Address family.
+    sa_data*: array[0..255, char] ## Socket address (variable-length data).
+
+  Sockaddr_un* {.importc: "struct sockaddr_un", header: "<sys/un.h>",
+              pure, final.} = object ## struct sockaddr_un
+    sun_family*: TSa_Family         ## Address family.
+    sun_path*: array[0..Sockaddr_un_path_length-1, char] ## Socket path
+
+  Sockaddr_storage* {.importc: "struct sockaddr_storage",
+                       header: "<sys/socket.h>",
+                       pure, final.} = object ## struct sockaddr_storage
+    ss_family*: TSa_Family ## Address family.
+
+  Tif_nameindex* {.importc: "struct if_nameindex", final,
+                   pure, header: "<net/if.h>".} = object ## struct if_nameindex
+    if_index*: cuint   ## Numeric index of the interface.
+    if_name*: cstring ## Null-terminated name of the interface.
+
+
+  IOVec* {.importc: "struct iovec", pure, final,
+            header: "<sys/uio.h>".} = object ## struct iovec
+    iov_base*: pointer ## Base address of a memory region for input or output.
+    iov_len*: csize_t  ## The size of the memory pointed to by iov_base.
+
+  Tmsghdr* {.importc: "struct msghdr", pure, final,
+             header: "<sys/socket.h>".} = object  ## struct msghdr
+    msg_name*: pointer     ## Optional address.
+    msg_namelen*: SockLen  ## Size of address.
+    msg_iov*: ptr IOVec    ## Scatter/gather array.
+    msg_iovlen*: cint      ## Members in msg_iov.
+    msg_control*: pointer  ## Ancillary data; see below.
+    msg_controllen*: SockLen ## Ancillary data buffer len.
+    msg_flags*: cint ## Flags on received message.
+
+
+  Tcmsghdr* {.importc: "struct cmsghdr", pure, final,
+              header: "<sys/socket.h>".} = object ## struct cmsghdr
+    cmsg_len*: SockLen ## Data byte count, including the cmsghdr.
+    cmsg_level*: cint   ## Originating protocol.
+    cmsg_type*: cint    ## Protocol-specific type.
+
+  TLinger* {.importc: "struct linger", pure, final,
+             header: "<sys/socket.h>".} = object ## struct linger
+    l_onoff*: cint  ## Indicates whether linger option is enabled.
+    l_linger*: cint ## Linger time, in seconds.
+
+  InPort* = uint16
+  InAddrScalar* = uint32
+
+  InAddrT* {.importc: "in_addr_t", pure, final,
+             header: "<netinet/in.h>".} = uint32
+
+  InAddr* {.importc: "struct in_addr", pure, final,
+             header: "<netinet/in.h>".} = object ## struct in_addr
+    s_addr*: InAddrScalar
+
+  Sockaddr_in* {.importc: "struct sockaddr_in", pure, final,
+                  header: "<netinet/in.h>".} = object ## struct sockaddr_in
+    sin_family*: TSa_Family ## AF_INET.
+    sin_port*: InPort      ## Port number.
+    sin_addr*: InAddr      ## IP address.
+
+  In6Addr* {.importc: "struct in6_addr", pure, final,
+              header: "<netinet/in.h>".} = object ## struct in6_addr
+    s6_addr*: array[0..15, char]
+
+  Sockaddr_in6* {.importc: "struct sockaddr_in6", pure, final,
+                   header: "<netinet/in.h>".} = object ## struct sockaddr_in6
+    sin6_family*: TSa_Family ## AF_INET6.
+    sin6_port*: InPort      ## Port number.
+    sin6_flowinfo*: int32    ## IPv6 traffic class and flow information.
+    sin6_addr*: In6Addr     ## IPv6 address.
+    sin6_scope_id*: int32    ## Set of interfaces for a scope.
+
+  Tipv6_mreq* {.importc: "struct ipv6_mreq", pure, final,
+                header: "<netinet/in.h>".} = object ## struct ipv6_mreq
+    ipv6mr_multiaddr*: In6Addr ## IPv6 multicast address.
+    ipv6mr_interface*: cuint     ## Interface index.
+
+  Hostent* {.importc: "struct hostent", pure, final,
+              header: "<netdb.h>".} = object ## struct hostent
+    h_name*: cstring           ## Official name of the host.
+    h_aliases*: cstringArray   ## A pointer to an array of pointers to
+                               ## alternative host names, terminated by a
+                               ## null pointer.
+    h_addrtype*: cint          ## Address type.
+    h_length*: cint            ## The length, in bytes, of the address.
+    h_addr_list*: cstringArray ## A pointer to an array of pointers to network
+                               ## addresses (in network byte order) for the
+                               ## host, terminated by a null pointer.
+
+  Tnetent* {.importc: "struct netent", pure, final,
+              header: "<netdb.h>".} = object ## struct netent
+    n_name*: cstring         ## Official, fully-qualified (including the
+                             ## domain) name of the host.
+    n_aliases*: cstringArray ## A pointer to an array of pointers to
+                             ## alternative network names, terminated by a
+                             ## null pointer.
+    n_addrtype*: cint        ## The address type of the network.
+    n_net*: InAddrT          ## The network number, in host byte order.
+
+  Protoent* {.importc: "struct protoent", pure, final,
+              header: "<netdb.h>".} = object ## struct protoent
+    p_name*: cstring         ## Official name of the protocol.
+    p_aliases*: cstringArray ## A pointer to an array of pointers to
+                             ## alternative protocol names, terminated by
+                             ## a null pointer.
+    p_proto*: cint           ## The protocol number.
+
+  Servent* {.importc: "struct servent", pure, final,
+             header: "<netdb.h>".} = object ## struct servent
+    s_name*: cstring         ## Official name of the service.
+    s_aliases*: cstringArray ## A pointer to an array of pointers to
+                             ## alternative service names, terminated by
+                             ## a null pointer.
+    s_port*: cint            ## The port number at which the service
+                             ## resides, in network byte order.
+    s_proto*: cstring        ## The name of the protocol to use when
+                             ## contacting the service.
+
+  AddrInfo* {.importc: "struct addrinfo", pure, final,
+              header: "<netdb.h>".} = object ## struct addrinfo
+    ai_flags*: cint         ## Input flags.
+    ai_family*: cint        ## Address family of socket.
+    ai_socktype*: cint      ## Socket type.
+    ai_protocol*: cint      ## Protocol of socket.
+    ai_addrlen*: SockLen   ## Length of socket address.
+    ai_addr*: ptr SockAddr ## Socket address of socket.
+    ai_canonname*: cstring  ## Canonical name of service location.
+    ai_next*: ptr AddrInfo ## Pointer to next in list.
+
+  TPollfd* {.importc: "struct pollfd", pure, final,
+             header: "<poll.h>".} = object ## struct pollfd
+    fd*: cint        ## The following descriptor being polled.
+    events*: cshort  ## The input event flags (see below).
+    revents*: cshort ## The output event flags (see below).
+
+  Tnfds* {.importc: "nfds_t", header: "<poll.h>".} = culong
+
+var
+  errno* {.importc, header: "<errno.h>".}: cint ## error variable
+  h_errno* {.importc, header: "<netdb.h>".}: cint
+  daylight* {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}: cint
+  timezone* {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}: int
+
+# Regenerate using detect.nim!
+include posix_other_consts
+
+when defined(linux):
+  var
+    MAP_POPULATE* {.importc, header: "<sys/mman.h>".}: cint
+      ## Populate (prefault) page tables for a mapping.
+else:
+  var
+    MAP_POPULATE*: cint = 0
+
+when defined(linux) or defined(nimdoc):
+  when defined(alpha) or defined(mips) or defined(mipsel) or
+      defined(mips64) or defined(mips64el) or defined(parisc) or
+      defined(sparc) or defined(sparc64) or defined(nimdoc):
+    const SO_REUSEPORT* = cint(0x0200)
+      ## Multiple binding: load balancing on incoming TCP connections
+      ## or UDP packets. (Requires Linux kernel > 3.9)
+  else:
+    const SO_REUSEPORT* = cint(15)
+else:
+  var SO_REUSEPORT* {.importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+
+when defined(macosx):
+  # We can't use the NOSIGNAL flag in the `send` function, it has no effect
+  # Instead we should use SO_NOSIGPIPE in setsockopt
+  const
+    MSG_NOSIGNAL* = 0'i32
+  var
+    SO_NOSIGPIPE* {.importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+elif defined(solaris):
+  # Solaris doesn't have MSG_NOSIGNAL
+  const
+    MSG_NOSIGNAL* = 0'i32
+else:
+  var
+    MSG_NOSIGNAL* {.importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+      ## No SIGPIPE generated when an attempt to send is made on a stream-oriented socket that is no longer connected.
+
+when defined(haiku):
+  const
+    SIGKILLTHR* = 21 ## BeOS specific: Kill just the thread, not team
+
+when hasSpawnH:
+  when defined(linux):
+    # better be safe than sorry; Linux has this flag, macosx doesn't, don't
+    # know about the other OSes
+
+    # Non-GNU systems like TCC and musl-libc  don't define __USE_GNU, so we
+    # can't get the magic number from spawn.h
+    const POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK* = cint(0x40)
+  else:
+    # macosx lacks this, so we define the constant to be 0 to not affect
+    # OR'ing of flags:
+    const POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK* = cint(0)
+
+# <sys/wait.h>
+proc WEXITSTATUS*(s: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
+  ## Exit code, if WIFEXITED(s)
+proc WTERMSIG*(s: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
+  ## Termination signal, if WIFSIGNALED(s)
+proc WSTOPSIG*(s: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
+  ## Stop signal, if WIFSTOPPED(s)
+proc WIFEXITED*(s: cint): bool {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
+  ## True if child exited normally.
+proc WIFSIGNALED*(s: cint): bool {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
+  ## True if child exited due to uncaught signal.
+proc WIFSTOPPED*(s: cint): bool {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
+  ## True if child is currently stopped.
+proc WIFCONTINUED*(s: cint): bool {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
+  ## True if child has been continued.
+
+when defined(nimHasStyleChecks):
+  {.pop.}
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64.nim b/lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64.nim
index bb82d9e5e..8d11c507d 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64.nim
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ type
 type
   SocketHandle* = distinct cint # The type used to represent socket descriptors
 
-# not detected by detect.nim, guarded by #ifdef __USE_UNIX98 in glibc
-const SIG_HOLD* = cast[Sighandler](2)
-
 type
   Time* {.importc: "time_t", header: "<time.h>".} = distinct clong
 
@@ -50,7 +47,7 @@ type
     d_ino*: Ino
     d_off*: Off
     d_reclen*: cushort
-    d_type*: int8  # cuchar really!
+    d_type*: int8  # uint8 really!
     d_name*: array[256, cchar]
 
   Tflock* {.importc: "struct flock", final, pure,
@@ -171,7 +168,7 @@ type
   Pthread_key* {.importc: "pthread_key_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = cuint
   Pthread_mutex* {.importc: "pthread_mutex_t", header: "<sys/types.h>",
                    pure, final.} = object
-    abi: array[48 div sizeof(clong), clong]
+    abi: array[40 div sizeof(clong), clong]
   Pthread_mutexattr* {.importc: "pthread_mutexattr_t",
                         header: "<sys/types.h>", pure, final.} = object
     abi: array[4 div sizeof(cint), cint]
@@ -228,7 +225,7 @@ type
     st_mode*: Mode        ## Mode of file (see below).
     st_uid*: Uid          ## User ID of file.
     st_gid*: Gid          ## Group ID of file.
-    pad0: cint
+    pad0 {.importc: "__pad0".}: cint
     st_rdev*: Dev         ## Device ID (if file is character or block special).
     st_size*: Off         ## For regular files, the file size in bytes.
                            ## For symbolic links, the length in bytes of the
@@ -244,8 +241,6 @@ type
     st_atim*: Timespec   ## Time of last access.
     st_mtim*: Timespec   ## Time of last data modification.
     st_ctim*: Timespec   ## Time of last status change.
-    reserved: array[3, clong]
-
 
   Statvfs* {.importc: "struct statvfs", header: "<sys/statvfs.h>",
               final, pure.} = object ## struct statvfs
@@ -314,7 +309,7 @@ type
     sa_mask*: Sigset ## Set of signals to be blocked during execution of
                       ## the signal handling function.
     sa_flags*: cint   ## Special flags.
-    sa_sigaction*: proc (x: cint, y: ptr SigInfo, z: pointer) {.noconv.}
+    sa_restorer: proc() {.noconv.}   ## not intended for application use.
 
   Stack* {.importc: "stack_t",
             header: "<signal.h>", final, pure.} = object ## stack_t
@@ -330,17 +325,23 @@ type
   SigInfo* {.importc: "siginfo_t",
               header: "<signal.h>", final, pure.} = object ## siginfo_t
     si_signo*: cint    ## Signal number.
-    si_code*: cint     ## Signal code.
     si_errno*: cint    ## If non-zero, an errno value associated with
                        ## this signal, as defined in <errno.h>.
+    si_code*: cint     ## Signal code.
     si_pid*: Pid       ## Sending process ID.
     si_uid*: Uid       ## Real user ID of sending process.
     si_addr*: pointer  ## Address of faulting instruction.
     si_status*: cint   ## Exit value or signal.
     si_band*: int      ## Band event for SIGPOLL.
     si_value*: SigVal  ## Signal value.
-    pad {.importc: "_pad"}: array[128 - 56, uint8]
+    pad {.importc: "_pad".}: array[128 - 56, uint8]
 
+template sa_sigaction*(v: Sigaction): proc (x: cint, y: ptr SigInfo, z: pointer) {.noconv.} =
+  cast[proc (x: cint, y: ptr SigInfo, z: pointer) {.noconv.}](v.sa_handler)
+proc `sa_sigaction=`*(v: var Sigaction, x: proc (x: cint, y: ptr SigInfo, z: pointer) {.noconv.}) =
+  v.sa_handler = cast[proc (x: cint) {.noconv.}](x)
+
+type
   Nl_item* {.importc: "nl_item", header: "<nl_types.h>".} = cint
   Nl_catd* {.importc: "nl_catd", header: "<nl_types.h>".} = pointer
 
@@ -433,8 +434,8 @@ type
                        header: "<sys/socket.h>",
                        pure, final.} = object ## struct sockaddr_storage
     ss_family*: TSa_Family ## Address family.
-    ss_padding: array[128 - sizeof(cshort) - sizeof(culong), char]
-    ss_align: clong
+    ss_padding {.importc: "__ss_padding".}: array[128 - sizeof(cshort) - sizeof(culong), char]
+    ss_align {.importc: "__ss_align".}: clong
 
   Tif_nameindex* {.importc: "struct if_nameindex", final,
                    pure, header: "<net/if.h>".} = object ## struct if_nameindex
@@ -573,8 +574,6 @@ var
 # Regenerate using detect.nim!
 include posix_linux_amd64_consts
 
-const POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK* = cint(0x40)  # needs _GNU_SOURCE!
-
 # <sys/wait.h>
 proc WEXITSTATUS*(s: cint): cint =  (s and 0xff00) shr 8
 proc WTERMSIG*(s:cint): cint = s and 0x7f
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64_consts.nim b/lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64_consts.nim
index 7352e8e35..fbe8d0666 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64_consts.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_linux_amd64_consts.nim
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ const EXDEV* = cint(18)
 
 # <fcntl.h>
 const F_DUPFD* = cint(0)
+const F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC* = cint(1030)
 const F_GETFD* = cint(1)
 const F_SETFD* = cint(2)
 const F_GETFL* = cint(3)
@@ -126,6 +127,11 @@ const O_ACCMODE* = cint(3)
 const O_RDONLY* = cint(0)
 const O_RDWR* = cint(2)
 const O_WRONLY* = cint(1)
+const O_CLOEXEC* = cint(524288)
+const O_DIRECT* = cint(16384)
+const O_PATH* = cint(2097152)
+const O_NOATIME* = cint(262144)
+const O_TMPFILE* = cint(4259840)
 const POSIX_FADV_NORMAL* = cint(0)
 const POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL* = cint(2)
 const POSIX_FADV_RANDOM* = cint(1)
@@ -172,13 +178,20 @@ const FNM_NOMATCH* = cint(1)
 const FNM_PATHNAME* = cint(1)
 const FNM_PERIOD* = cint(4)
 const FNM_NOESCAPE* = cint(2)
+const FNM_NOSYS* = cint(-1)
 
 # <ftw.h>
 const FTW_F* = cint(0)
 const FTW_D* = cint(1)
 const FTW_DNR* = cint(2)
+const FTW_DP* = cint(5)
 const FTW_NS* = cint(3)
 const FTW_SL* = cint(4)
+const FTW_SLN* = cint(6)
+const FTW_PHYS* = cint(1)
+const FTW_MOUNT* = cint(2)
+const FTW_DEPTH* = cint(8)
+const FTW_CHDIR* = cint(4)
 
 # <glob.h>
 const GLOB_APPEND* = cint(32)
@@ -400,6 +413,7 @@ const SS_ONSTACK* = cint(1)
 const SS_DISABLE* = cint(2)
 const MINSIGSTKSZ* = cint(2048)
 const SIGSTKSZ* = cint(8192)
+const SIG_HOLD* = cast[Sighandler](2)
 const SIG_DFL* = cast[Sighandler](0)
 const SIG_ERR* = cast[Sighandler](-1)
 const SIG_IGN* = cast[Sighandler](1)
@@ -439,6 +453,7 @@ const MAP_POPULATE* = cint(32768)
 
 # <sys/resource.h>
 const RLIMIT_NOFILE* = cint(7)
+const RLIMIT_STACK* = cint(3)
 
 # <sys/select.h>
 const FD_SETSIZE* = cint(1024)
@@ -450,6 +465,7 @@ const MSG_EOR* = cint(128)
 const MSG_OOB* = cint(1)
 const SCM_RIGHTS* = cint(1)
 const SO_ACCEPTCONN* = cint(30)
+const SO_BINDTODEVICE* = cint(25)
 const SO_BROADCAST* = cint(6)
 const SO_DEBUG* = cint(1)
 const SO_DONTROUTE* = cint(5)
@@ -469,8 +485,9 @@ const SOCK_DGRAM* = cint(2)
 const SOCK_RAW* = cint(3)
 const SOCK_SEQPACKET* = cint(5)
 const SOCK_STREAM* = cint(1)
+const SOCK_CLOEXEC* = cint(524288)
 const SOL_SOCKET* = cint(1)
-const SOMAXCONN* = cint(128)
+const SOMAXCONN* = cint(4096)
 const SO_REUSEPORT* = cint(15)
 const MSG_NOSIGNAL* = cint(16384)
 const MSG_PEEK* = cint(2)
@@ -528,6 +545,7 @@ const POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDPARAM* = cint(16)
 const POSIX_SPAWN_SETSCHEDULER* = cint(32)
 const POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGDEF* = cint(4)
 const POSIX_SPAWN_SETSIGMASK* = cint(8)
+const POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK* = cint(64)
 
 # <stdio.h>
 const IOFBF* = cint(0)
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_macos_amd64.nim b/lib/posix/posix_macos_amd64.nim
index 8a20d127f..a4b64ed62 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix_macos_amd64.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_macos_amd64.nim
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-{.deadCodeElim: on.}  # dce option deprecated
-
 when defined(nimHasStyleChecks):
   {.push styleChecks: off.}
 
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ type
       d_type*: int8 ## Type of file; not supported by all filesystem types.
                     ## (not POSIX)
       when defined(linux) or defined(openbsd):
-        d_off*: Off  ## Not an offset. Value that ``telldir()`` would return.
+        d_off*: Off  ## Not an offset. Value that `telldir()` would return.
     elif defined(haiku):
       d_pino*: Ino ## Parent inode (only for queries) (not POSIX)
       d_reclen*: cushort ## Length of this record. (not POSIX)
@@ -110,15 +108,6 @@ type
     p_sign_posn*: char
     thousands_sep*: cstring
 
-  Mqd* {.importc: "mqd_t", header: "<mqueue.h>", final, pure.} = object
-  MqAttr* {.importc: "struct mq_attr",
-             header: "<mqueue.h>",
-             final, pure.} = object ## message queue attribute
-    mq_flags*: int   ## Message queue flags.
-    mq_maxmsg*: int  ## Maximum number of messages.
-    mq_msgsize*: int ## Maximum message size.
-    mq_curmsgs*: int ## Number of messages currently queued.
-
   Passwd* {.importc: "struct passwd", header: "<pwd.h>",
              final, pure.} = object ## struct passwd
     pw_name*: cstring   ## User's login name.
@@ -133,10 +122,14 @@ type
     ## used for block sizes
   Clock* {.importc: "clock_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
   ClockId* {.importc: "clockid_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
-  Dev* {.importc: "dev_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int32
+  Dev* {.importc: "dev_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = (
+    when defined(freebsd):
+      uint32
+    else:
+      int32)
   Fsblkcnt* {.importc: "fsblkcnt_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
   Fsfilcnt* {.importc: "fsfilcnt_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
-  Gid* {.importc: "gid_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int32
+  Gid* {.importc: "gid_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = uint32
   Id* {.importc: "id_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
   Ino* {.importc: "ino_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
   Key* {.importc: "key_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
@@ -146,7 +139,7 @@ type
     else:
       uint16
   )
-  Nlink* {.importc: "nlink_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int16
+  Nlink* {.importc: "nlink_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = uint16
   Off* {.importc: "off_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int64
   Pid* {.importc: "pid_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int32
   Pthread_attr* {.importc: "pthread_attr_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
@@ -178,7 +171,7 @@ type
   Trace_event_set* {.importc: "trace_event_set_t",
                       header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
   Trace_id* {.importc: "trace_id_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
-  Uid* {.importc: "uid_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int32
+  Uid* {.importc: "uid_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = uint32
   Useconds* {.importc: "useconds_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
 
   Utsname* {.importc: "struct utsname",
@@ -377,6 +370,18 @@ when hasSpawnH:
     Tposix_spawn_file_actions* {.importc: "posix_spawn_file_actions_t",
                                  header: "<spawn.h>", final, pure.} = object
 
+
+when not defined(macos) and not defined(macosx): # freebsd
+  type
+    Mqd* {.importc: "mqd_t", header: "<mqueue.h>", final, pure.} = object
+    MqAttr* {.importc: "struct mq_attr",
+              header: "<mqueue.h>",
+              final, pure.} = object ## message queue attribute
+      mq_flags*: int   ## Message queue flags.
+      mq_maxmsg*: int  ## Maximum number of messages.
+      mq_msgsize*: int ## Maximum message size.
+      mq_curmsgs*: int ## Number of messages currently queued.
+
 when defined(linux):
   # from sys/un.h
   const Sockaddr_un_path_length* = 108
@@ -413,7 +418,7 @@ type
   IOVec* {.importc: "struct iovec", pure, final,
             header: "<sys/uio.h>".} = object ## struct iovec
     iov_base*: pointer ## Base address of a memory region for input or output.
-    iov_len*: int    ## The size of the memory pointed to by iov_base.
+    iov_len*: csize_t    ## The size of the memory pointed to by iov_base.
 
   Tmsghdr* {.importc: "struct msghdr", pure, final,
              header: "<sys/socket.h>".} = object  ## struct msghdr
@@ -461,9 +466,9 @@ type
                    header: "<netinet/in.h>".} = object ## struct sockaddr_in6
     sin6_family*: TSa_Family ## AF_INET6.
     sin6_port*: InPort      ## Port number.
-    sin6_flowinfo*: int32    ## IPv6 traffic class and flow information.
+    sin6_flowinfo*: uint32    ## IPv6 traffic class and flow information.
     sin6_addr*: In6Addr     ## IPv6 address.
-    sin6_scope_id*: int32    ## Set of interfaces for a scope.
+    sin6_scope_id*: uint32    ## Set of interfaces for a scope.
 
   Tipv6_mreq* {.importc: "struct ipv6_mreq", pure, final,
                 header: "<netinet/in.h>".} = object ## struct ipv6_mreq
@@ -490,7 +495,7 @@ type
                              ## alternative network names, terminated by a
                              ## null pointer.
     n_addrtype*: cint        ## The address type of the network.
-    n_net*: int32            ## The network number, in host byte order.
+    n_net*: uint32            ## The network number, in host byte order.
 
   Protoent* {.importc: "struct protoent", pure, final,
               header: "<netdb.h>".} = object ## struct protoent
@@ -559,8 +564,11 @@ when defined(linux) or defined(nimdoc):
 else:
   var SO_REUSEPORT* {.importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 
+when defined(linux) or defined(bsd):
+  var SOCK_CLOEXEC* {.importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+
 when defined(macosx):
-  # We can't use the NOSIGNAL flag in the ``send`` function, it has no effect
+  # We can't use the NOSIGNAL flag in the `send` function, it has no effect
   # Instead we should use SO_NOSIGPIPE in setsockopt
   const
     MSG_NOSIGNAL* = 0'i32
@@ -594,11 +602,11 @@ when hasSpawnH:
 
 # <sys/wait.h>
 proc WEXITSTATUS*(s: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
-  ## Exit code, iff WIFEXITED(s)
+  ## Exit code, if WIFEXITED(s)
 proc WTERMSIG*(s: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
-  ## Termination signal, iff WIFSIGNALED(s)
+  ## Termination signal, if WIFSIGNALED(s)
 proc WSTOPSIG*(s: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
-  ## Stop signal, iff WIFSTOPPED(s)
+  ## Stop signal, if WIFSTOPPED(s)
 proc WIFEXITED*(s: cint): bool {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
   ## True if child exited normally.
 proc WIFSIGNALED*(s: cint): bool {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_nintendoswitch.nim b/lib/posix/posix_nintendoswitch.nim
index d1cc042ea..b66563695 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix_nintendoswitch.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_nintendoswitch.nim
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type
   Dirent* {.importc: "struct dirent",
             header: "<dirent.h>", final, pure.} = object ## dirent_t struct
     d_ino*: Ino
-    d_type*: int8  # cuchar really!
+    d_type*: int8  # uint8 really!
     d_name*: array[256, cchar]
 
   Tflock* {.importc: "struct flock", final, pure,
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ type
             header: "<signal.h>", final, pure.} = object ## stack_t
     ss_sp*: pointer  ## Stack base or pointer.
     ss_flags*: cint  ## Flags.
-    ss_size*: csize  ## Stack size.
+    ss_size*: csize_t ## Stack size.
 
   SigInfo* {.importc: "siginfo_t",
               header: "<signal.h>", final, pure.} = object ## siginfo_t
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ type
     aio_lio_opcode*: cint     ## Operation to be performed.
     aio_reqprio*: cint        ## Request priority offset.
     aio_buf*: pointer         ## Location of buffer.
-    aio_nbytes*: csize        ## Length of transfer.
+    aio_nbytes*: csize_t      ## Length of transfer.
     aio_sigevent*: SigEvent   ## Signal number and value.
     next_prio: pointer
     abs_prio: cint
@@ -347,20 +347,20 @@ type
 
   SockAddr* {.importc: "struct sockaddr", header: "<sys/socket.h>",
               pure, final.} = object ## struct sockaddr
-    sa_len: cuchar
+    sa_len: uint8
     sa_family*: TSa_Family         ## Address family.
     sa_data*: array[14, char] ## Socket address (variable-length data).
 
   Sockaddr_storage* {.importc: "struct sockaddr_storage",
                        header: "<sys/socket.h>",
                        pure, final.} = object ## struct sockaddr_storage
-    ss_len: cuchar
+    ss_len: uint8
     ss_family*: TSa_Family ## Address family.
-    ss_padding1: array[64 - sizeof(cuchar) - sizeof(cshort), char]
+    ss_padding1: array[64 - sizeof(uint8) - sizeof(cshort), char]
     ss_align: clonglong
     ss_padding2: array[
-      128 - sizeof(cuchar) - sizeof(cshort) -
-      (64 - sizeof(cuchar) - sizeof(cshort)) - 64, char]
+      128 - sizeof(uint8) - sizeof(cshort) -
+      (64 - sizeof(uint8) - sizeof(cshort)) - 64, char]
 
   Tif_nameindex* {.importc: "struct if_nameindex", final,
                    pure, header: "<net/if.h>".} = object ## struct if_nameindex
@@ -371,22 +371,22 @@ type
   IOVec* {.importc: "struct iovec", pure, final,
             header: "<sys/socket.h>".} = object ## struct iovec
     iov_base*: pointer ## Base address of a memory region for input or output.
-    iov_len*: csize    ## The size of the memory pointed to by iov_base.
+    iov_len*: csize_t    ## The size of the memory pointed to by iov_base.
 
   Tmsghdr* {.importc: "struct msghdr", pure, final,
              header: "<sys/socket.h>".} = object  ## struct msghdr
     msg_name*: pointer  ## Optional address.
     msg_namelen*: SockLen  ## Size of address.
     msg_iov*: ptr IOVec    ## Scatter/gather array.
-    msg_iovlen*: csize   ## Members in msg_iov.
+    msg_iovlen*: csize_t   ## Members in msg_iov.
     msg_control*: pointer  ## Ancillary data; see below.
-    msg_controllen*: csize ## Ancillary data buffer len.
+    msg_controllen*: csize_t ## Ancillary data buffer len.
     msg_flags*: cint ## Flags on received message.
 
 
   Tcmsghdr* {.importc: "struct cmsghdr", pure, final,
               header: "<sys/socket.h>".} = object ## struct cmsghdr
-    cmsg_len*: csize ## Data byte count, including the cmsghdr.
+    cmsg_len*: csize_t ## Data byte count, including the cmsghdr.
     cmsg_level*: cint   ## Originating protocol.
     cmsg_type*: cint    ## Protocol-specific type.
 
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_openbsd_amd64.nim b/lib/posix/posix_openbsd_amd64.nim
index d9ac84a1d..184cd89c0 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix_openbsd_amd64.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_openbsd_amd64.nim
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-{.deadCodeElim: on.}  # dce option deprecated
-
 when defined(nimHasStyleChecks):
   {.push styleChecks: off.}
 
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ type
       d_type*: int8 ## Type of file; not supported by all filesystem types.
                     ## (not POSIX)
       when defined(linux) or defined(openbsd):
-        d_off*: Off  ## Not an offset. Value that ``telldir()`` would return.
+        d_off*: Off  ## Not an offset. Value that `telldir()` would return.
     elif defined(haiku):
       d_pino*: Ino ## Parent inode (only for queries) (not POSIX)
       d_reclen*: cushort ## Length of this record. (not POSIX)
@@ -133,15 +131,19 @@ type
     ## used for block sizes
   Clock* {.importc: "clock_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
   ClockId* {.importc: "clockid_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
-  Dev* {.importc: "dev_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int32
+  Dev* {.importc: "dev_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = (
+    when defined(freebsd):
+      uint32
+    else:
+      int32)
   Fsblkcnt* {.importc: "fsblkcnt_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
   Fsfilcnt* {.importc: "fsfilcnt_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
-  Gid* {.importc: "gid_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int32
+  Gid* {.importc: "gid_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = uint32
   Id* {.importc: "id_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
   Ino* {.importc: "ino_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
   Key* {.importc: "key_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
   Mode* {.importc: "mode_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = uint32
-  Nlink* {.importc: "nlink_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int16
+  Nlink* {.importc: "nlink_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = uint32
   Off* {.importc: "off_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int64
   Pid* {.importc: "pid_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int32
   Pthread_attr* {.importc: "pthread_attr_t", header: "<pthread.h>".} = int
@@ -173,7 +175,7 @@ type
   Trace_event_set* {.importc: "trace_event_set_t",
                       header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
   Trace_id* {.importc: "trace_id_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
-  Uid* {.importc: "uid_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int32
+  Uid* {.importc: "uid_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = uint32
   Useconds* {.importc: "useconds_t", header: "<sys/types.h>".} = int
 
   Utsname* {.importc: "struct utsname",
@@ -400,7 +402,7 @@ type
   IOVec* {.importc: "struct iovec", pure, final,
             header: "<sys/uio.h>".} = object ## struct iovec
     iov_base*: pointer ## Base address of a memory region for input or output.
-    iov_len*: int    ## The size of the memory pointed to by iov_base.
+    iov_len*: csize_t    ## The size of the memory pointed to by iov_base.
 
   Tmsghdr* {.importc: "struct msghdr", pure, final,
              header: "<sys/socket.h>".} = object  ## struct msghdr
@@ -448,9 +450,9 @@ type
                    header: "<netinet/in.h>".} = object ## struct sockaddr_in6
     sin6_family*: TSa_Family ## AF_INET6.
     sin6_port*: InPort      ## Port number.
-    sin6_flowinfo*: int32    ## IPv6 traffic class and flow information.
+    sin6_flowinfo*: uint32    ## IPv6 traffic class and flow information.
     sin6_addr*: In6Addr     ## IPv6 address.
-    sin6_scope_id*: int32    ## Set of interfaces for a scope.
+    sin6_scope_id*: uint32    ## Set of interfaces for a scope.
 
   Tipv6_mreq* {.importc: "struct ipv6_mreq", pure, final,
                 header: "<netinet/in.h>".} = object ## struct ipv6_mreq
@@ -477,7 +479,7 @@ type
                              ## alternative network names, terminated by a
                              ## null pointer.
     n_addrtype*: cint        ## The address type of the network.
-    n_net*: int32            ## The network number, in host byte order.
+    n_net*: uint32            ## The network number, in host byte order.
 
   Protoent* {.importc: "struct protoent", pure, final,
               header: "<netdb.h>".} = object ## struct protoent
@@ -534,6 +536,8 @@ when defined(nimdoc):
 else:
   var SO_REUSEPORT* {.importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 
+var SOCK_CLOEXEC* {.importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+
 var MSG_NOSIGNAL* {.importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 
 when hasSpawnH:
@@ -543,11 +547,11 @@ when hasSpawnH:
 
 # <sys/wait.h>
 proc WEXITSTATUS*(s: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
-  ## Exit code, iff WIFEXITED(s)
+  ## Exit code, if WIFEXITED(s)
 proc WTERMSIG*(s: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
-  ## Termination signal, iff WIFSIGNALED(s)
+  ## Termination signal, if WIFSIGNALED(s)
 proc WSTOPSIG*(s: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
-  ## Stop signal, iff WIFSTOPPED(s)
+  ## Stop signal, if WIFSTOPPED(s)
 proc WIFEXITED*(s: cint): bool {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
   ## True if child exited normally.
 proc WIFSIGNALED*(s: cint): bool {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_other.nim b/lib/posix/posix_other.nim
index e42092513..ea8731405 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix_other.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_other.nim
@@ -7,14 +7,17 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-{.deadCodeElim: on.}  # dce option deprecated
-
 when defined(nimHasStyleChecks):
   {.push styleChecks: off.}
 
-const
-  hasSpawnH = true # should exist for every Posix system nowadays
-  hasAioH = defined(linux)
+when defined(freertos) or defined(zephyr):
+  const
+    hasSpawnH = false # should exist for every Posix system nowadays
+    hasAioH = false
+else:
+  const
+    hasSpawnH = true # should exist for every Posix system nowadays
+    hasAioH = defined(linux)
 
 when defined(linux) and not defined(android):
   # On Linux:
@@ -34,7 +37,12 @@ type
   SocketHandle* = distinct cint # The type used to represent socket descriptors
 
 type
-  Time* {.importc: "time_t", header: "<time.h>".} = distinct clong
+  Time* {.importc: "time_t", header: "<time.h>".} = distinct (
+    when defined(nimUse64BitCTime):
+      int64
+    else:
+      clong
+  )
 
   Timespec* {.importc: "struct timespec",
                header: "<time.h>", final, pure.} = object ## struct timespec
@@ -56,7 +64,7 @@ type
       d_type*: int8 ## Type of file; not supported by all filesystem types.
                     ## (not POSIX)
       when defined(linux) or defined(openbsd):
-        d_off*: Off  ## Not an offset. Value that ``telldir()`` would return.
+        d_off*: Off  ## Not an offset. Value that `telldir()` would return.
     elif defined(haiku):
       d_pino*: Ino ## Parent inode (only for queries) (not POSIX)
       d_reclen*: cushort ## Length of this record. (not POSIX)
@@ -383,9 +391,33 @@ when hasSpawnH:
                                  header: "<spawn.h>", final, pure.} = object
 
 when defined(linux):
+  const Sockaddr_max_length* = 255
   # from sys/un.h
   const Sockaddr_un_path_length* = 108
+elif defined(zephyr):
+  when defined(net_ipv6):
+    const Sockaddr_max_length* = 24
+  elif defined(net_raw):
+    const Sockaddr_max_length* = 20
+  elif defined(net_ipv4):
+    const Sockaddr_max_length* = 8
+  else:
+    const Sockaddr_max_length* = 255 # just for compilation purposes
+
+  const Sockaddr_un_path_length* = Sockaddr_max_length
+  # Zephyr is heavily customizable so it's easy to get to a state  
+  # where Nim & Zephyr IPv6 settings are out of sync, causing painful runtime failures. 
+  when defined(net_ipv4) or defined(net_ipv6) or defined(net_raw):
+    {.emit: ["NIM_STATIC_ASSERT(NET_SOCKADDR_MAX_SIZE == ",
+        Sockaddr_max_length,
+        ",\"NET_SOCKADDR_MAX_SIZE and Sockaddr_max_length size mismatch!",
+        " Check that Nim and Zephyr IPv4/IPv6 settings match.",
+        " Try adding -d:net_ipv6 to enable IPv6 for Nim on Zephyr.\" );"].}
+elif defined(freertos) or defined(lwip):
+  const Sockaddr_max_length* = 14
+  const Sockaddr_un_path_length* = 108
 else:
+  const Sockaddr_max_length* = 255
   # according to http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009604499/basedefs/sys/un.h.html
   # this is >=92
   const Sockaddr_un_path_length* = 92
@@ -394,21 +426,57 @@ type
   SockLen* {.importc: "socklen_t", header: "<sys/socket.h>".} = cuint
   TSa_Family* {.importc: "sa_family_t", header: "<sys/socket.h>".} = cushort
 
-  SockAddr* {.importc: "struct sockaddr", header: "<sys/socket.h>",
-              pure, final.} = object ## struct sockaddr
-    sa_family*: TSa_Family         ## Address family.
-    sa_data*: array[0..255, char] ## Socket address (variable-length data).
+when defined(lwip):
+  type
+    SockAddr* {.importc: "struct sockaddr", header: "<sys/socket.h>",
+                pure, final.} = object ## struct sockaddr
+      sa_len*: uint8         ## Address family.
+      sa_family*: TSa_Family         ## Address family.
+      sa_data*: array[0..Sockaddr_max_length-sizeof(uint8)-sizeof(TSa_Family), char] ## Socket address (variable-length data).
+
+    Sockaddr_storage* {.importc: "struct sockaddr_storage",
+                        header: "<sys/socket.h>",
+                        pure, final.} = object ## struct sockaddr_storage
+      s2_len*: uint8 ## Address family.
+      ss_family*: TSa_Family ## Address family.
+      s2_data1*: array[2, char] ## Address family.
+      s2_data2*: array[3, uint32] ## Address family.
+      when defined(lwip6) or defined(net_ipv6):
+        s2_data3*: array[3, uint32] ## Address family.
+elif defined(zephyr):
+  type
+    SockAddr* {.importc: "struct sockaddr", header: "<sys/socket.h>",
+                pure, final.} = object ## struct sockaddr
+      sa_family*: TSa_Family         ## Address family.
+      data*: array[0..Sockaddr_max_length-sizeof(TSa_Family), char] ## Socket address (variable-length data).
+
+    Sockaddr_storage* {.importc: "struct sockaddr_storage",
+                        header: "<sys/socket.h>",
+                        pure, final.} = object ## struct sockaddr_storage
+      ss_family*: TSa_Family ## Address family.
+      data*: array[0..Sockaddr_max_length-sizeof(TSa_Family), char] ## Socket address (variable-length data).
+  {.emit: ["NIM_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(struct sockaddr) == ", sizeof(Sockaddr), ",\"struct size mismatch\" );"].}
+  {.emit: ["NIM_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof(struct sockaddr_storage) == ", sizeof(Sockaddr_storage), ",\"struct size mismatch\" );"].}
+else:
+  type
+    SockAddr* {.importc: "struct sockaddr", header: "<sys/socket.h>",
+                pure, final.} = object ## struct sockaddr
+      sa_family*: TSa_Family         ## Address family.
+      sa_data*: array[0..Sockaddr_max_length-sizeof(TSa_Family), char] ## Socket address (variable-length data).
+
+    Sockaddr_storage* {.importc: "struct sockaddr_storage",
+                        header: "<sys/socket.h>",
+                        pure, final.} = object ## struct sockaddr_storage
+      ss_family*: TSa_Family ## Address family.
 
+type
   Sockaddr_un* {.importc: "struct sockaddr_un", header: "<sys/un.h>",
               pure, final.} = object ## struct sockaddr_un
     sun_family*: TSa_Family         ## Address family.
-    sun_path*: array[0..Sockaddr_un_path_length-1, char] ## Socket path
+    sun_path*: array[0..Sockaddr_un_path_length-sizeof(TSa_Family), char] ## Socket path
 
-  Sockaddr_storage* {.importc: "struct sockaddr_storage",
-                       header: "<sys/socket.h>",
-                       pure, final.} = object ## struct sockaddr_storage
-    ss_family*: TSa_Family ## Address family.
 
+type
   Tif_nameindex* {.importc: "struct if_nameindex", final,
                    pure, header: "<net/if.h>".} = object ## struct if_nameindex
     if_index*: cint   ## Numeric index of the interface.
@@ -418,7 +486,7 @@ type
   IOVec* {.importc: "struct iovec", pure, final,
             header: "<sys/uio.h>".} = object ## struct iovec
     iov_base*: pointer ## Base address of a memory region for input or output.
-    iov_len*: int    ## The size of the memory pointed to by iov_base.
+    iov_len*: csize_t    ## The size of the memory pointed to by iov_base.
 
   Tmsghdr* {.importc: "struct msghdr", pure, final,
              header: "<sys/socket.h>".} = object  ## struct msghdr
@@ -452,6 +520,7 @@ type
              header: "<netinet/in.h>".} = object ## struct in_addr
     s_addr*: InAddrScalar
 
+  # TODO: Fixme for FreeRTOS/LwIP, these are incorrect
   Sockaddr_in* {.importc: "struct sockaddr_in", pure, final,
                   header: "<netinet/in.h>".} = object ## struct sockaddr_in
     sin_family*: TSa_Family ## AF_INET.
@@ -527,13 +596,20 @@ type
     ai_canonname*: cstring  ## Canonical name of service location.
     ai_next*: ptr AddrInfo ## Pointer to next in list.
 
-  TPollfd* {.importc: "struct pollfd", pure, final,
-             header: "<poll.h>".} = object ## struct pollfd
-    fd*: cint        ## The following descriptor being polled.
-    events*: cshort  ## The input event flags (see below).
-    revents*: cshort ## The output event flags (see below).
-
-  Tnfds* {.importc: "nfds_t", header: "<poll.h>".} = cint
+when not defined(lwip):
+  type
+    TPollfd* {.importc: "struct pollfd", pure, final,
+              header: "<poll.h>".} = object ## struct pollfd
+      fd*: cint        ## The following descriptor being polled.
+      events*: cshort  ## The input event flags (see below).
+      revents*: cshort ## The output event flags (see below).
+
+  when defined(zephyr):
+    type
+      Tnfds* = distinct cint
+  else:
+    type
+      Tnfds* {.importc: "nfds_t", header: "<poll.h>".} = cint
 
 var
   errno* {.importc, header: "<errno.h>".}: cint ## error variable
@@ -542,7 +618,10 @@ var
   timezone* {.importc, header: "<time.h>".}: int
 
 # Regenerate using detect.nim!
-include posix_other_consts
+when defined(lwip):
+  include posix_freertos_consts
+else:
+  include posix_other_consts
 
 when defined(linux):
   var
@@ -561,11 +640,17 @@ when defined(linux) or defined(nimdoc):
       ## or UDP packets. (Requires Linux kernel > 3.9)
   else:
     const SO_REUSEPORT* = cint(15)
+elif defined(nuttx):
+  # Not supported, use SO_REUSEADDR to avoid compilation errors.
+  var SO_REUSEPORT* {.importc: "SO_REUSEADDR", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 else:
   var SO_REUSEPORT* {.importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 
+when defined(linux) or defined(bsd) or defined(nuttx):
+  var SOCK_CLOEXEC* {.importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+
 when defined(macosx):
-  # We can't use the NOSIGNAL flag in the ``send`` function, it has no effect
+  # We can't use the NOSIGNAL flag in the `send` function, it has no effect
   # Instead we should use SO_NOSIGPIPE in setsockopt
   const
     MSG_NOSIGNAL* = 0'i32
@@ -575,6 +660,10 @@ elif defined(solaris):
   # Solaris doesn't have MSG_NOSIGNAL
   const
     MSG_NOSIGNAL* = 0'i32
+elif defined(zephyr) or defined(freertos) or defined(lwip):
+  # LwIP/FreeRTOS doesn't have MSG_NOSIGNAL
+  const
+    MSG_NOSIGNAL* = 0x20'i32
 else:
   var
     MSG_NOSIGNAL* {.importc, header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
@@ -586,24 +675,24 @@ when defined(haiku):
 
 when hasSpawnH:
   when defined(linux):
-    # better be safe than sorry; Linux has this flag, macosx doesn't, don't
-    # know about the other OSes
+    # better be safe than sorry; Linux has this flag, macosx and NuttX don't,
+    # don't know about the other OSes
 
-    # Non-GNU systems like TCC and musl-libc  don't define __USE_GNU, so we
+    # Non-GNU systems like TCC and musl-libc don't define __USE_GNU, so we
     # can't get the magic number from spawn.h
     const POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK* = cint(0x40)
   else:
-    # macosx lacks this, so we define the constant to be 0 to not affect
+    # macosx and NuttX lack this, so we define the constant to be 0 to not affect
     # OR'ing of flags:
     const POSIX_SPAWN_USEVFORK* = cint(0)
 
 # <sys/wait.h>
 proc WEXITSTATUS*(s: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
-  ## Exit code, iff WIFEXITED(s)
+  ## Exit code, if WIFEXITED(s)
 proc WTERMSIG*(s: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
-  ## Termination signal, iff WIFSIGNALED(s)
+  ## Termination signal, if WIFSIGNALED(s)
 proc WSTOPSIG*(s: cint): cint {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
-  ## Stop signal, iff WIFSTOPPED(s)
+  ## Stop signal, if WIFSTOPPED(s)
 proc WIFEXITED*(s: cint): bool {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
   ## True if child exited normally.
 proc WIFSIGNALED*(s: cint): bool {.importc, header: "<sys/wait.h>".}
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_other_consts.nim b/lib/posix/posix_other_consts.nim
index 9fcbe425d..d346b4150 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix_other_consts.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_other_consts.nim
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ var EXDEV* {.importc: "EXDEV", header: "<errno.h>".}: cint
 
 # <fcntl.h>
 var F_DUPFD* {.importc: "F_DUPFD", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
+when defined(nuttx):
+  var F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC* {.importc: "F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
+else:
+  var F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC* {.importc: "F_DUPFD", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
 var F_GETFD* {.importc: "F_GETFD", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
 var F_SETFD* {.importc: "F_SETFD", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
 var F_GETFL* {.importc: "F_GETFL", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
@@ -125,6 +129,12 @@ var O_ACCMODE* {.importc: "O_ACCMODE", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
 var O_RDONLY* {.importc: "O_RDONLY", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
 var O_RDWR* {.importc: "O_RDWR", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
 var O_WRONLY* {.importc: "O_WRONLY", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
+var O_CLOEXEC* {.importc: "O_CLOEXEC", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
+when defined(nuttx):
+  var O_DIRECT* {.importc: "O_DIRECT", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
+  var O_PATH* {.importc: "O_PATH", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
+  var O_NOATIME* {.importc: "O_NOATIME", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
+  var O_TMPFILE* {.importc: "O_TMPFILE", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
 var POSIX_FADV_NORMAL* {.importc: "POSIX_FADV_NORMAL", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
 var POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL* {.importc: "POSIX_FADV_SEQUENTIAL", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
 var POSIX_FADV_RANDOM* {.importc: "POSIX_FADV_RANDOM", header: "<fcntl.h>".}: cint
@@ -457,9 +467,13 @@ var POSIX_TYPED_MEM_MAP_ALLOCATABLE* {.importc: "POSIX_TYPED_MEM_MAP_ALLOCATABLE
 
 # <sys/resource.h>
 var RLIMIT_NOFILE* {.importc: "RLIMIT_NOFILE", header: "<sys/resource.h>".}: cint
+var RLIMIT_STACK* {.importc: "RLIMIT_STACK", header: "<sys/resource.h>".}: cint
 
 # <sys/select.h>
 var FD_SETSIZE* {.importc: "FD_SETSIZE", header: "<sys/select.h>".}: cint
+when defined(zephyr):
+  # Zephyr specific hardcoded value
+  var FD_MAX* {.importc: "CONFIG_POSIX_MAX_FDS ", header: "<sys/select.h>".}: cint
 
 # <sys/socket.h>
 var MSG_CTRUNC* {.importc: "MSG_CTRUNC", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
@@ -468,6 +482,7 @@ var MSG_EOR* {.importc: "MSG_EOR", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 var MSG_OOB* {.importc: "MSG_OOB", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 var SCM_RIGHTS* {.importc: "SCM_RIGHTS", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 var SO_ACCEPTCONN* {.importc: "SO_ACCEPTCONN", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+var SO_BINDTODEVICE* {.importc: "SO_BINDTODEVICE", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 var SO_BROADCAST* {.importc: "SO_BROADCAST", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 var SO_DEBUG* {.importc: "SO_DEBUG", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 var SO_DONTROUTE* {.importc: "SO_DONTROUTE", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
@@ -485,10 +500,15 @@ var SO_SNDTIMEO* {.importc: "SO_SNDTIMEO", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 var SO_TYPE* {.importc: "SO_TYPE", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 var SOCK_DGRAM* {.importc: "SOCK_DGRAM", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 var SOCK_RAW* {.importc: "SOCK_RAW", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
-var SOCK_SEQPACKET* {.importc: "SOCK_SEQPACKET", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+when defined(zephyr):
+  const SOCK_SEQPACKET* = cint(5)
+  var SOMAXCONN* {.importc: "CONFIG_NET_SOCKETS_POLL_MAX", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+else:
+  var SOCK_SEQPACKET* {.importc: "SOCK_SEQPACKET", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+  var SOMAXCONN* {.importc: "SOMAXCONN", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
+
 var SOCK_STREAM* {.importc: "SOCK_STREAM", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 var SOL_SOCKET* {.importc: "SOL_SOCKET", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
-var SOMAXCONN* {.importc: "SOMAXCONN", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 var MSG_PEEK* {.importc: "MSG_PEEK", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 var MSG_TRUNC* {.importc: "MSG_TRUNC", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
 var MSG_WAITALL* {.importc: "MSG_WAITALL", header: "<sys/socket.h>".}: cint
@@ -732,3 +752,6 @@ var SEEK_SET* {.importc: "SEEK_SET", header: "<unistd.h>".}: cint
 var SEEK_CUR* {.importc: "SEEK_CUR", header: "<unistd.h>".}: cint
 var SEEK_END* {.importc: "SEEK_END", header: "<unistd.h>".}: cint
 
+# <nuttx/config.h>
+when defined(nuttx):
+  var NEPOLL_MAX* {.importc: "CONFIG_FS_NEPOLL_DESCRIPTORS", header: "<nuttx/config.h>".}: cint
diff --git a/lib/posix/posix_utils.nim b/lib/posix/posix_utils.nim
index 20a71971a..0c668246f 100644
--- a/lib/posix/posix_utils.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/posix_utils.nim
@@ -7,19 +7,21 @@
 #
 
 ## A set of helpers for the POSIX module.
-## Raw interfaces are in the other posix*.nim files.
+## Raw interfaces are in the other ``posix*.nim`` files.
 
 # Where possible, contribute OS-independent procs in `os <os.html>`_ instead.
 
-{.deadCodeElim: on.}  # dce option deprecated
+import std/[posix, parsecfg, os]
+import std/private/since
 
-import posix
+when defined(nimPreviewSlimSystem):
+  import std/syncio
 
 type Uname* = object
   sysname*, nodename*, release*, version*, machine*: string
 
 template charArrayToString(input: typed): string =
-  $cstring(addr input)
+  $cast[cstring](addr input)
 
 proc uname*(): Uname =
   ## Provides system information in a `Uname` struct with sysname, nodename,
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ proc uname*(): Uname =
 
   var u: Utsname
   if uname(u) != 0:
-    raise newException(OSError, $strerror(errno))
+    raiseOSError(OSErrorCode(errno))
 
   result.sysname = charArrayToString u.sysname
   result.nodename = charArrayToString u.nodename
@@ -41,61 +43,91 @@ proc uname*(): Uname =
   result.machine = charArrayToString u.machine
 
 proc fsync*(fd: int) =
- ## synchronize a file's buffer cache to the storage device
- if fsync(fd.cint) != 0:
-    raise newException(OSError, $strerror(errno))
+  ## synchronize a file's buffer cache to the storage device
+  if fsync(fd.cint) != 0:
+    raiseOSError(OSErrorCode(errno))
 
 proc stat*(path: string): Stat =
   ## Returns file status in a `Stat` structure
   if stat(path.cstring, result) != 0:
-    raise newException(OSError, $strerror(errno))
+    raiseOSError(OSErrorCode(errno))
 
 proc memoryLock*(a1: pointer, a2: int) =
   ## Locks pages starting from a1 for a1 bytes and prevent them from being swapped.
   if mlock(a1, a2) != 0:
-    raise newException(OSError, $strerror(errno))
+    raiseOSError(OSErrorCode(errno))
 
 proc memoryLockAll*(flags: int) =
   ## Locks all memory for the running process to prevent swapping.
   ##
-  ## example::
-  ##
+  ## example:
+  ##   ```nim
   ##   memoryLockAll(MCL_CURRENT or MCL_FUTURE)
+  ##   ```
   if mlockall(flags.cint) != 0:
-    raise newException(OSError, $strerror(errno))
+    raiseOSError(OSErrorCode(errno))
 
 proc memoryUnlock*(a1: pointer, a2: int) =
   ## Unlock pages starting from a1 for a1 bytes and allow them to be swapped.
   if munlock(a1, a2) != 0:
-    raise newException(OSError, $strerror(errno))
+    raiseOSError(OSErrorCode(errno))
 
 proc memoryUnlockAll*() =
   ## Unlocks all memory for the running process to allow swapping.
   if munlockall() != 0:
-    raise newException(OSError, $strerror(errno))
+    raiseOSError(OSErrorCode(errno))
 
 proc sendSignal*(pid: Pid, signal: int) =
   ## Sends a signal to a running process by calling `kill`.
   ## Raise exception in case of failure e.g. process not running.
   if kill(pid, signal.cint) != 0:
-    raise newException(OSError, $strerror(errno))
+    raiseOSError(OSErrorCode(errno))
 
-proc mkstemp*(prefix: string): (string, File) =
-  ## Creates a unique temporary file from a prefix string. Adds a six chars suffix.
+proc mkstemp*(prefix: string, suffix=""): (string, File) =
+  ## Creates a unique temporary file from a prefix string. A six-character string
+  ## will be added. If suffix is provided it will be added to the string
   ## The file is created with perms 0600.
   ## Returns the filename and a file opened in r/w mode.
-  var tmpl = cstring(prefix & "XXXXXX")
-  let fd = mkstemp(tmpl)
+  var tmpl = cstring(prefix & "XXXXXX" & suffix)
+  let fd =
+    if len(suffix) == 0:
+      when declared(mkostemp):
+        mkostemp(tmpl, O_CLOEXEC)
+      else:
+        mkstemp(tmpl)
+    else:
+      when declared(mkostemps):
+        mkostemps(tmpl, cint(len(suffix)), O_CLOEXEC)
+      else:
+        mkstemps(tmpl, cint(len(suffix)))
   var f: File
   if open(f, fd, fmReadWrite):
     return ($tmpl, f)
-  raise newException(OSError, $strerror(errno))
+  raiseOSError(OSErrorCode(errno))
 
 proc mkdtemp*(prefix: string): string =
   ## Creates a unique temporary directory from a prefix string. Adds a six chars suffix.
   ## The directory is created with permissions 0700. Returns the directory name.
   var tmpl = cstring(prefix & "XXXXXX")
   if mkdtemp(tmpl) == nil:
-    raise newException(OSError, $strerror(errno))
+    raiseOSError(OSErrorCode(errno))
   return $tmpl
 
+proc osReleaseFile*(): Config {.since: (1, 5).} =
+  ## Gets system identification from `os-release` file and returns it as a `parsecfg.Config`.
+  ## You also need to import the `parsecfg` module to gain access to this object.
+  ## The `os-release` file is an official Freedesktop.org open standard.
+  ## Available in Linux and BSD distributions, except Android and Android-based Linux.
+  ## `os-release` file is not available on Windows and OS X by design.
+  ## * https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/os-release.html
+  runnableExamples:
+    import std/parsecfg
+    when defined(linux):
+      let data = osReleaseFile()
+      echo "OS name: ", data.getSectionValue("", "NAME") ## the data is up to each distro.
+
+  # We do not use a {.strdefine.} because Standard says it *must* be that path.
+  for osReleaseFile in ["/etc/os-release", "/usr/lib/os-release"]:
+    if fileExists(osReleaseFile):
+      return loadConfig(osReleaseFile)
+  raise newException(IOError, "File not found: /etc/os-release, /usr/lib/os-release")
diff --git a/lib/posix/termios.nim b/lib/posix/termios.nim
index 6a7ffb33e..7fb6bb81c 100644
--- a/lib/posix/termios.nim
+++ b/lib/posix/termios.nim
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 #    distribution, for details about the copyright.
 #
 
-{.deadCodeElim: on.}  # dce option deprecated
-import posix
+import std/posix
 
 type
   Speed* = cuint
@@ -238,8 +237,11 @@ proc tcFlow*(fd: cint; action: cint): cint {.importc: "tcflow",
     header: "<termios.h>".}
 # Get process group ID for session leader for controlling terminal FD.
 
-# Window size ioctl.  Should work on on any Unix that xterm has been ported to.
-var TIOCGWINSZ*{.importc, header: "<sys/ioctl.h>".}: culong
+# Window size ioctl.  Solaris based systems have an uncommen place for this.
+when defined(solaris) or defined(sunos):
+  var TIOCGWINSZ*{.importc, header: "<sys/termios.h>".}: culong
+else:
+  var TIOCGWINSZ*{.importc, header: "<sys/ioctl.h>".}: culong
 
 when defined(nimHasStyleChecks):
   {.push styleChecks: off.}