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+# Revision history for netw
+
+## 0.1.0.0 -- 2024-02-14
+
+* Binding to `socket`, `bind`, `listen`, `getsocketname`, `accept`, `connect`, `send*`, `recv*`, and `shutdown`.
+* Data type for UNIX, INET, and INET6 address.
+* Transmiting file descriptors over UNIX ancillary data.
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diff --git a/cbit/cmsg.c b/cbit/cmsg.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cbit/cmsg.c
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+// It is recommeded to use the macros instead of manipulating msg_control directly
+// for portability purposes
+struct cmsghdr *cmsg_nxthdr(void *control, size_t controllen, struct cmsghdr *cmsg) {
+    struct msghdr msghdr = { .msg_control = control, .msg_controllen = controllen };
+    return CMSG_NXTHDR(&msghdr, cmsg);
+}
+
+struct cmsghdr *cmsg_firsthdr(void *control, size_t controllen) {
+    struct msghdr msghdr = { .msg_control = control, .msg_controllen = controllen };
+    return CMSG_FIRSTHDR(&msghdr);
+}
+
diff --git a/cbit/recv.c b/cbit/recv.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cbit/recv.c
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+
+ssize_t recv_wrapper(int sockfd, unsigned char *buffer, ptrdiff_t offs, size_t size, int flags) {
+    return recv(sockfd, buffer + offs, size, flags);
+}
+
+ssize_t recvfrom_wrapper(int fd, char *restrict buf, ptrdiff_t offs, size_t size, int flags, struct sockaddr *restrict addr, socklen_t *addr_len) {
+    return recvfrom(fd, buf + offs, size, flags, addr, addr_len);
+}
diff --git a/cbit/recvmsg.c b/cbit/recvmsg.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cbit/recvmsg.c
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+#include "Rts.h"
+
+#define SMALL_NELEM 4
+
+ssize_t recvmsg_wrapper0(int sockfd,
+                        struct sockaddr *name, socklen_t *namelen,
+                        StgArrBytes **iovecs, ptrdiff_t *offs, size_t *size, size_t iovlen,
+                        void *control, size_t *controllen,
+                        int *flags) {
+    struct iovec short_iovecs[SMALL_NELEM];
+    struct iovec *iov = iovlen > SMALL_NELEM ? malloc(sizeof(*iov) * iovlen) : short_iovecs;
+
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < iovlen; ++i)
+        iov[i] = (struct iovec){ .iov_base = (char*)iovecs[i]->payload + offs[i], .iov_len = size[i] };
+
+    struct msghdr msghdr = {
+        .msg_name = name, .msg_namelen = *namelen,
+        .msg_iov = iov, .msg_iovlen = iovlen,
+        .msg_control = control, .msg_controllen = *controllen,
+    };
+
+    ssize_t recved = recvmsg(sockfd, &msghdr, *flags);
+
+    if (iovlen > SMALL_NELEM)
+        free(iov);
+    
+    // outputing
+    *namelen = msghdr.msg_namelen;
+    *controllen = msghdr.msg_controllen;
+    *flags = msghdr.msg_flags;
+    
+    return recved;
+}
+
+ssize_t recvmsg_wrapper1(int sockfd,
+                         struct sockaddr *name, socklen_t *namelen,
+                         struct iovec *iov, size_t iovlen,
+                         void *control, size_t *controllen,
+                         int *flags) {
+    struct msghdr msghdr = {
+        .msg_name = name, .msg_namelen = *namelen,
+        .msg_iov = iov, .msg_iovlen = iovlen,
+        .msg_control = control, .msg_controllen = *controllen,
+    };
+    ssize_t recved = recvmsg(sockfd, &msghdr, *flags);
+
+    *namelen = msghdr.msg_namelen;
+    *controllen = msghdr.msg_controllen;
+    *flags = msghdr.msg_flags;
+
+    return recved;
+}
diff --git a/cbit/send.c b/cbit/send.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cbit/send.c
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+ssize_t send_wrapper(int socket, const char *buffer, ptrdiff_t offs, size_t size, int flags) { return send(socket, buffer + offs, size, flags); }
+ssize_t sendto_wrapper(int socket, const char *buffer, ptrdiff_t offs, size_t size, int flags,
+                       const struct sockaddr *name, socklen_t namelen) {
+    return sendto(socket, buffer + offs, size, flags, name, namelen);
+}
diff --git a/cbit/sendmsg.c b/cbit/sendmsg.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cbit/sendmsg.c
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+#include "Rts.h"
+
+#define SMALL_NELEM 4
+
+ssize_t sendmsg_wrapper0(int fd, 
+                        struct sockaddr *name, socklen_t namelen,
+                        StgArrBytes **iovecs, ptrdiff_t *offs, size_t *len, size_t iovlen,
+                        void *control, size_t controllen,
+                        int flags) {
+    struct iovec short_iovecs[SMALL_NELEM]; // use if iovlen is small enough
+                                            // else allocate on the heap
+    struct iovec *iov = iovlen > SMALL_NELEM ? malloc(sizeof(*iov) * iovlen) : short_iovecs;
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < iovlen; ++i)
+        iov[i] = (struct iovec){ .iov_base = (char*)iovecs[i]->payload + offs[i], .iov_len = len[i] };
+
+    struct msghdr msghdr = {
+        .msg_name       = name,
+        .msg_namelen    = namelen,
+        .msg_iov        = iov,
+        .msg_iovlen     = iovlen, 
+        .msg_control    = control,
+        .msg_controllen = controllen,
+    };
+    ssize_t ret = sendmsg(fd, &msghdr, flags);
+    if (iovlen > SMALL_NELEM)
+        free(iov);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+ssize_t sendmsg_wrapper1(int fd,
+                         struct sockaddr *name, socklen_t namelen,
+                         struct iovec *iov, size_t iovlen,
+                         void *control, size_t controllen,
+                         int flags) {
+    struct msghdr msghdr = {
+        .msg_name       = name,
+        .msg_namelen    = namelen,
+        .msg_iov        = iov,
+        .msg_iovlen     = iovlen, 
+        .msg_control    = control,
+        .msg_controllen = controllen,
+    };
+    return sendmsg(fd, &msghdr, flags);
+}
diff --git a/cbit/socket.c b/cbit/socket.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cbit/socket.c
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#if __linux__
+#include <linux/version.h>
+
+#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,27)
+#define USE_LINUX_SOCK_NONBLOCK 1
+#endif
+
+#endif
+
+#if !USE_LINUX_SOCK_NONBLOCK
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#endif
+
+int socket_wrapper(int domain, int type, int protocol) {
+#if USE_LINUX_SOCK_NONBLOCK
+    return socket(domain, type | SOCK_NONBLOCK, protocol);
+#else
+    int flags;
+    int fd;
+    if ((fd = socket(domain, type, protocol)) == -1)
+        return -1;
+    if ((flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFL)) == -1)
+        return -1;
+    if (fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, flags | flags) == -1)
+        return -1;
+    return fd;
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/cbit/static_assertion.c b/cbit/static_assertion.c
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cbit/static_assertion.c
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+// This C file contains static_assertions and compile time check (using template haskell)
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+// static_assert(cond, msg);
+
+#define CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(s) static_assert(CMSG_LEN(s) == CMSG_LEN(0) + s, "CMSG_LEN behavior unexpected!")
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(0);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(1);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(2);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(3);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(4);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(5);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(6);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(7);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(8);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(9);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(10);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(11);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(12);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(13);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(14);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(15);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(16);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(17);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(18);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(19);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(20);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(21);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(22);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(23);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(24);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(25);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(26);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(27);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(28);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(29);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(30);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(31);
+CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR(32);
+#undef CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR
+
+#define CHECK_CMSG_DATA_BEHAVIOR(s0, s1) static_assert((char*)CMSG_DATA((struct cmsghdr*)s0) - (char*)s0 == (char*)CMSG_DATA((struct cmsghdr*)s1) - (char*)s1, "CMSG_DATA behavior unexpected!");
+CHECK_CMSG_DATA_BEHAVIOR(0x33, 0x72);
+CHECK_CMSG_DATA_BEHAVIOR(0x7924, 0x73262);
+CHECK_CMSG_DATA_BEHAVIOR(0x9482764, 0x832);
+CHECK_CMSG_DATA_BEHAVIOR(0x2460, 0x731);
+#undef CHECK_CMSG_LEN_BEHAVIOR
+
diff --git a/netw.cabal b/netw.cabal
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netw.cabal
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+cabal-version:      3.4
+name:               netw
+version:            0.1.0.0
+synopsis:           Binding to C socket API operating on bytearrays.
+license:            GPL-3.0-or-later
+license-file:       LICENSE
+author:             Vu Hoang Hung
+maintainer:         Vu Hoang Hung <hoanghung17jan@gmail.com>
+stability:          experimental
+homepage:           https://github.com/k355l3r-5yndr0m3/netw
+bug-reports:        https://github.com/k355l3r-5yndr0m3/netw/issues
+
+description:        Provide access to low-level socket api. Work with both bytearrays and pointers.
+
+-- copyright:
+category:           Network
+build-type:         Simple
+
+extra-doc-files:    CHANGELOG.md
+tested-with:        GHC == 9.4.8
+
+-- extra-source-files:
+
+flag Debug
+    description:    Enable debuging flags
+    default:        False
+    manual:         True
+
+common warnings
+    ghc-options: -Wall
+
+library
+    import:           warnings
+
+    if flag(Debug)
+      ghc-options:    -dth-dec-file
+                      -ddump-splices
+                      -ddump-to-file
+                      -Wall
+
+    exposed-modules:  Netw.Socket
+                      Netw.SockAddr
+                      Netw.Inet
+                      Netw.Ancillary
+
+    other-modules:    Netw.Internal
+                      Netw.Internal.Port
+                      Netw.Internal.Protocols
+                      Netw.Internal.Ancillary
+                      Netw.Internal.Socket
+                      Netw.Internal.Enum
+                      Netw.Internal.Cmsg
+                      Netw.Internal.Type
+
+    build-depends:    base ^>=4.17.2.1,
+                      primitive >= 0.9.0 && < 0.10,
+                      template-haskell >= 2.19.0 && < 2.20,
+                      primitive-unaligned >= 0.1.1 && < 0.2,
+                      unix >= 2.7.3 && < 2.8,
+
+    hs-source-dirs:   src
+
+    c-sources:        cbit/sendmsg.c
+                      cbit/send.c
+                      cbit/recvmsg.c
+                      cbit/recv.c
+                      cbit/cmsg.c
+                      cbit/socket.c
+                      cbit/static_assertion.c
+    default-language: GHC2021
+
+test-suite server-client-test
+    import:           warnings
+    default-language: GHC2021
+    type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0
+    hs-source-dirs:   test/server-client
+    main-is:          Main.hs
+    build-depends:
+        base ^>=4.17.2.1,
+        primitive,
+        unix,
+        netw
+
+test-suite msgs-test
+    import:           warnings
+    default-language: GHC2021
+    type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0
+    hs-source-dirs:   test/msgs
+    main-is:          Main.hs
+    build-depends:
+        base ^>=4.17.2.1,
+        primitive,
+        unix,
+        netw
+
+test-suite unix-scm-rights-test
+    import:           warnings
+    default-language: GHC2021
+    type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0
+    hs-source-dirs:   test/unix-scm-rights
+    main-is:          Main.hs
+    build-depends:
+        base ^>=4.17.2.1,
+        primitive,
+        unix,
+        netw
+
+test-suite send-and-recv-msgs-test
+    import:           warnings
+    default-language: GHC2021
+    type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0
+    hs-source-dirs:   test/send-and-recv-msgs
+    main-is:          Main.hs
+    build-depends:
+        base ^>=4.17.2.1,
+        primitive,
+        unix,
+        netw
+
+test-suite codegen-test
+    import:           warnings
+    default-language: GHC2021
+    type:             exitcode-stdio-1.0
+    hs-source-dirs:   test/codegen
+    main-is:          Main.hs
+    build-depends:
+        base ^>=4.17.2.1,
+        netw
+    
diff --git a/src/Netw/Ancillary.hs b/src/Netw/Ancillary.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Netw/Ancillary.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE AllowAmbiguousTypes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ImpredicativeTypes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TypeFamilyDependencies #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
+{-|
+Module      : Netw.Ancillary
+Description : Ancillary data
+
+This module contains ancillary data types. Ancillary data can be send and received via the sendmsg and recvmsg functions.
+-}
+module Netw.Ancillary where
+import Netw.Internal.Ancillary
+import qualified Netw.Internal.Cmsg as I
+
+import Control.Monad.Primitive
+import Control.Monad
+import Control.Exception
+
+import Data.Dynamic
+import Data.Foldable
+import Data.Function
+import Data.Primitive hiding (indexByteArray, writeByteArray, readByteArray)
+import Data.Primitive.ByteArray.Unaligned
+
+import System.Posix.Types
+
+import GHC.TypeLits
+
+class (Typeable a, KnownNatPair (Anci a)) => Ancillary a where
+  -- | This type family enforces an unique mapping between cmsg_level and cmsg_type pair and the ancillary data type
+  type Anci a = (r :: (Nat, Nat)) | r -> a
+  -- ^ the order is (cmsg_level, cmsg_type)
+
+  -- | Get the size of the cmsg payload (just cmsg_data[])
+  cmsgDataSize :: a -> Int
+
+  -- | Write the payload onto the data section. Take the offset of the data section.
+  cmsgPokeData :: PrimMonad m => a -> MutableByteArray (PrimState m) -> Int -> m ()
+  -- ^ This function assumes enough space has been allocated
+
+  -- | Read the payload from the data section. Take the offset and size of the payload section.
+  cmsgPeekData :: ByteArray -> Int -> Int -> a
+
+cmsgLevel :: forall a. Ancillary a => I.CmsghdrLevel
+cmsgLevel = fromIntegral (fstNatVal @(Anci a))
+
+cmsgType :: forall a. Ancillary a => I.CmsghdrType
+cmsgType = fromIntegral (sndNatVal @(Anci a))
+
+-- | Find the space a control message element occupies in cmsg buffer given the size of its payload section.
+cmsgSpace :: Ancillary a => a -> Int
+cmsgSpace = I.cmsgSpace . cmsgDataSize
+
+-- | Read a control message element, assuming type a. Return Nothing if a is not the correct type.
+peekAncillary :: forall a. Ancillary a => ByteArray -> Int -> Maybe a
+peekAncillary cmsgs hdroffs = I.peekCmsg cmsgs hdroffs reader
+  where reader l t b o s
+          | l == cmsgLevel @a && t == cmsgType @a =
+            Just (cmsgPeekData b o s)
+          | otherwise = Nothing
+-- | Store a control message element at offset in buffer
+pokeAncillary :: forall a m. (Ancillary a, PrimMonad m) => MutableByteArray (PrimState m) -> Int -> a -> m ()
+pokeAncillary cmsgs hdroffs andat = I.pokeCmsg cmsgs hdroffs l t (cmsgDataSize andat) (cmsgPokeData andat)
+  where l = cmsgLevel @a
+        t = cmsgType  @a
+-- ^ Warning: The buffer must be big enough to store the control message element
+
+-- | This data type holds an abitrary ancillary data type.
+data AncillaryData = AncillaryData
+  { ancillarySpace :: !Int
+  , ancillaryData  :: !(forall a. Ancillary a => Maybe a)
+  , ancillaryWrite :: !(forall m. PrimMonad m => MutableByteArray (PrimState m) -> Int -> m ())
+  }
+
+mkAncillaryData :: Ancillary a => a -> AncillaryData
+mkAncillaryData a = AncillaryData { ancillarySpace = cmsgSpace a
+                                  , ancillaryData  = fromDynamic (toDyn a)
+                                  , ancillaryWrite = \ buffer offset -> pokeAncillary buffer offset a
+                                  }
+-- | ancillaryWrite but without the impredicative type
+writeAncillary :: PrimMonad m => AncillaryData -> MutableByteArray (PrimState m) -> Int -> m ()
+writeAncillary a = ancillaryWrite a
+
+-- | ancillaryData but without the impredicative type
+recoverAncillary :: Ancillary a => AncillaryData -> Maybe a
+recoverAncillary a = ancillaryData a
+
+{-# INLINE encodeAncillaryData #-}
+-- | Encode a list of control message elements
+encodeAncillaryData :: [AncillaryData] -> ByteArray
+encodeAncillaryData cmsgs = runByteArray $ do
+  buffer <- newByteArray size
+  zipWithM_ (`writeAncillary` buffer) cmsgs offsets
+  return buffer
+  where (offsets, size) = (\ a -> (init a, last a)) (scanl (+) 0 (map ancillarySpace cmsgs))
+-- ^ Used internally
+
+{-# INLINE decodeAncillaryData #-}
+-- | Decode a buffer of control message elements. NOTE: The bytearray must be shrunk to `msg_controllen` bytes before being passed to this function.
+decodeAncillaryData :: ByteArray -> [AncillaryData]
+decodeAncillaryData cmsgs = fix (\ as offs ->
+  if offs < size then
+    let space = I.peekCmsg cmsgs offs (\ _ _ _ _ -> I.cmsgSpace)
+        andat = AncillaryData { ancillarySpace = space 
+                              , ancillaryData  = peekAncillary cmsgs offs
+                              , ancillaryWrite = \ dest destOffs -> copyByteArray dest destOffs cmsgs offs space
+                              }
+    in  andat:as (offs + space)
+  else []) 0
+  where size = sizeofByteArray cmsgs
+-- ^ Used internally. Every AncillaryData element holds a reference to the bytearray and keeps it alive.
+
+-- | Transfer file descriptors between sockets
+newtype ScmRights = ScmRights [Fd]
+instance Ancillary ScmRights where
+  type Anci ScmRights = UNIX_CONTROL_MESSAGE_RIGHTS
+  cmsgDataSize (ScmRights fds) = sizeOfType @Fd * length fds
+  cmsgPokeData (ScmRights fds) buffer initOffs = void (foldlM (\ offs fd -> writeUnalignedByteArray buffer offs fd >> return (offs + sizeOfType @Fd)) initOffs fds)
+  cmsgPeekData buffer o s = assert (s `mod` sizeOfType @Fd == 0) $ ScmRights $ fix (\ as offs size ->
+    if size > 0 then
+      indexUnalignedByteArray buffer offs:as (offs + sizeOfType @Fd) (size - sizeOfType @Fd)
+    else
+      []) o s
diff --git a/src/Netw/Inet.hs b/src/Netw/Inet.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Netw/Inet.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wno-missing-pattern-synonym-signatures #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ViewPatterns #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE PatternSynonyms #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MagicHash #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE UnboxedTuples #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+{-|
+Module      : Netw.Inet
+Description : Internet
+
+This module contains internet address types and some utility functions.
+-}
+module Netw.Inet where
+import Netw.Internal.Type
+import Netw.Internal.Port
+
+import Data.Bits
+import Data.Primitive.ByteArray.Unaligned
+import Numeric
+
+import GHC.Exts
+import GHC.ByteOrder
+import GHC.Word
+
+-- Conversion from host endianness to network endianness (BE)
+
+-- | Convert 16-bit word from host endianness to network endianness (Big endian)
+hton16# :: Word16# -> Word16#
+-- | Convert 32-bit word from host endianness to network endianness (Big endian)
+hton32# :: Word32# -> Word32#
+-- | Convert 64-bit word from host endianness to network endianness (Big endian)
+hton64# :: Word64# -> Word64#
+
+hton16# = $(case targetByteOrder of LittleEndian -> [| \ w# -> wordToWord16# (byteSwap16# (word16ToWord# w#)) |]; BigEndian -> [| \ w# -> w# |])
+hton32# = $(case targetByteOrder of LittleEndian -> [| \ w# -> wordToWord32# (byteSwap32# (word32ToWord# w#)) |]; BigEndian -> [| \ w# -> w# |])
+hton64# = $(case targetByteOrder of LittleEndian -> [| byteSwap64# |]; BigEndian -> [| \ w# -> w# |])
+
+-- | Convert 16-bit word from host endianness to network endianness (Big endian)
+hton16 :: Word16 -> Word16
+hton16 (W16# w) = W16# (hton16# w)
+
+-- | Convert 32-bit word from host endianness to network endianness (Big endian)
+hton32 :: Word32 -> Word32
+hton32 (W32# w) = W32# (hton32# w)
+
+-- | Convert 64-bit word from host endianness to network endianness (Big endian)
+hton64 :: Word64 -> Word64
+hton64 (W64# w) = W64# (hton64# w)
+
+-- Conversion from network endianness (BE) to host endianness
+-- | Convert 16-bit word from network endianness (Big endian) to host endianness
+ntoh16# :: Word16# -> Word16#
+-- | Convert 32-bit word from network endianness (Big endian) to host endianness
+ntoh32# :: Word32# -> Word32#
+-- | Convert 64-bit word from network endianness (Big endian) to host endianness
+ntoh64# :: Word64# -> Word64#
+
+ntoh16# = $(case targetByteOrder of LittleEndian -> [| \ w# -> wordToWord16# (byteSwap16# (word16ToWord# w#)) |]; BigEndian -> [| \ w# -> w# |])
+ntoh32# = $(case targetByteOrder of LittleEndian -> [| \ w# -> wordToWord32# (byteSwap32# (word32ToWord# w#)) |]; BigEndian -> [| \ w# -> w# |])
+ntoh64# = $(case targetByteOrder of LittleEndian -> [| byteSwap64# |]; BigEndian -> [| \ w# -> w# |])
+
+-- | Convert 16-bit word from network endianness (Big endian) to host endianness
+ntoh16 :: Word16 -> Word16
+ntoh16 (W16# w) = W16# (ntoh16# w)
+
+-- | Convert 32-bit word from network endianness (Big endian) to host endianness
+ntoh32 :: Word32 -> Word32
+ntoh32 (W32# w) = W32# (ntoh32# w)
+
+-- | Convert 64-bit word from network endianness (Big endian) to host endianness
+ntoh64 :: Word64 -> Word64
+ntoh64 (W64# w) = W64# (ntoh64# w)
+
+-- | Get the port number in network byteorder 
+getPortInBE :: Port -> Word16
+getPortInBE (Port p) = hton16 p
+
+-- | Get the port number from network byteorder
+portFromBE :: Word16 -> Port
+portFromBE = Port . ntoh16
+
+
+-- | Evaluate to True if port is reserved for super user use.
+isReserved :: Port -> Bool
+isReserved (Port p) = p < _IPPORT_RESERVED
+
+-- | Evaluate to True if port is reserved for explicit use and is never automatically allocated.
+isUserReserved :: Port -> Bool
+isUserReserved (Port p) = p >= _IPPORT_USERRESERVED
+-- NOTE: Check if >= or > is correct since documents conflict
+
+-- | Port number zero. The OS will assign a random port.
+pattern PortRandom :: Port
+pattern PortRandom = Port 0
+
+-- | IP version 4 address. Stored in network byteorder.
+newtype InAddr = InAddr { inAddrContent :: Word32 } deriving PrimUnaligned
+
+-- | 0.0.0.0
+pattern InAddrAny :: InAddr
+pattern InAddrAny = InAddr 0
+
+-- | 255.255.255.255
+pattern InAddrBroadcast :: InAddr
+pattern InAddrBroadcast = InAddr 0xff_ff_ff_ff
+
+-- | 127.0.0.1
+pattern InAddrLoopback :: InAddr
+pattern InAddrLoopback = InAddr $(case targetByteOrder of LittleEndian -> [p| 0x01_00_00_7f |]; BigEndian -> [p| 0x7f_00_00_01 |])
+
+-- | IP version 6 address. Stored in network byteorder
+data In6Addr = In6Addr# (# Word64#, Word64# #)
+-- ^ In6Addr# (# high, low #)
+
+-- | Make an IP version 4 address
+ip :: Word8 -> Word8 -> Word8 -> Word8 -> InAddr
+ip (fromIntegral -> _0) (fromIntegral -> _1) (fromIntegral -> _2) (fromIntegral -> _3) =
+  InAddr (shiftL _0 24 .|. shiftL _1 16 .|. shiftL _2 8 .|. shiftL _3 0)
+
+-- | View an IP version 4 address
+unIp :: InAddr -> (Word8, Word8, Word8, Word8)
+unIp (InAddr addr) = (fromIntegral _0, fromIntegral _1, fromIntegral _2, fromIntegral _3)
+  where _0 = shiftR addr 24
+        _1 = shiftR addr 16
+        _2 = shiftR addr 8
+        _3 = shiftR addr 0
+instance Show InAddr where
+  show (unIp -> (_0, _1, _2, _3)) = show _0 ++ '.' : show _1 ++ '.' : show _2 ++ '.' : show _3
+
+-- | Make an IP version 6 address
+ip6 :: Word16 -> Word16 -> Word16 -> Word16 -> Word16 -> Word16 -> Word16 -> Word16 -> In6Addr
+ip6 = ip6'
+  where cv :: Int -> Word16 -> Word64
+        cv n = (`shiftL` (n * 16)) . fromIntegral . hton16
+        ip6' (cv 3 -> _0) (cv 2 -> _1) (cv 1 -> _2) (cv 0 -> _3) (cv 3 -> _4) (cv 2 -> _5) (cv 1 -> _6) (cv 0 -> _7) =
+          let !(W64# high#) = _0 .|. _1 .|. _2 .|. _3
+              !(W64# low#)  = _4 .|. _5 .|. _6 .|. _7
+          in  In6Addr# (# high#, low# #)
+
+-- | View an IP version 6 address
+unIp6 :: In6Addr -> (Word16, Word16, Word16, Word16, Word16, Word16, Word16, Word16)
+unIp6 (In6Addr# (# high#, low# #)) = (vc 3 high#, vc 2 high#, vc 1 high#, vc 0 high#, vc 3 low#, vc 2 low#, vc 1 low#, vc 0 low#)
+  where vc :: Int -> Word64# -> Word16
+        vc n (W64# -> w) = fromIntegral (shiftR w (8 * n))
+instance Show In6Addr where
+  showsPrec _ addr = foldr (\ a as -> showHex a . (':' :) . as ) id groups
+    where groups = let (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) = unIp6 addr in [a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h]
+
+
+-- |
+-- Port number in internet addresses.
+-- The port number is stored in host byteorder and is converted into network
+-- byteorder when needed.
+newtype Port = Port Word16 deriving (Eq, Ord, Num, Show)
+
+-- Ports
+$(declarePorts 'Port)
diff --git a/src/Netw/Internal.hs b/src/Netw/Internal.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Netw/Internal.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module Netw.Internal (
+  module Type
+, module Enum
+, module Socket
+) where
+
+import Netw.Internal.Type as Type
+import Netw.Internal.Enum as Enum
+import Netw.Internal.Socket as Socket
+
+
diff --git a/src/Netw/Internal/Ancillary.hsc b/src/Netw/Internal/Ancillary.hsc
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Netw/Internal/Ancillary.hsc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DataKinds #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE AllowAmbiguousTypes #-}
+module Netw.Internal.Ancillary where
+import GHC.TypeLits
+import Data.Proxy
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+type UNIX_CONTROL_MESSAGE_RIGHTS = '(#{const SOL_SOCKET}, #{const SCM_RIGHTS})
+
+class KnownNatPair (p :: (Nat, Nat)) where
+  {-# MINIMAL fstNatVal, sndNatVal | natPairVal #-}
+  natPairVal :: (Integer, Integer)
+  natPairVal = (fstNatVal @p, sndNatVal @p)
+
+  fstNatVal :: Integer
+  fstNatVal = fst (natPairVal @p)
+
+  sndNatVal :: Integer
+  sndNatVal = snd (natPairVal @p)
+
+instance (KnownNat a, KnownNat b) => KnownNatPair '(a, b) where
+  fstNatVal = natVal @a Proxy
+  sndNatVal = natVal @b Proxy
diff --git a/src/Netw/Internal/Cmsg.hsc b/src/Netw/Internal/Cmsg.hsc
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Netw/Internal/Cmsg.hsc
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE CApiFFI #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE DerivingStrategies #-}
+module Netw.Internal.Cmsg where
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+import Control.Monad.Primitive
+import Data.Primitive
+import Data.Primitive.ByteArray.Unaligned
+
+import Foreign
+import Foreign.C
+
+deriving newtype instance PrimUnaligned CSize
+
+type CmsghdrType  = CInt
+type CmsghdrLevel = CInt
+
+data {-# CTYPE "sys/socket.h" "struct cmsghdr" #-} Cmsghdr  
+data {-# CTYPE "unsigned char" #-} Cmsgdata
+
+-- these function are not too nessisary
+foreign import capi unsafe "sys/socket.h CMSG_ALIGN"
+  _CMSG_ALIGN :: CSize -> CSize
+foreign import capi unsafe "sys/socket.h CMSG_SPACE"
+  _CMSG_SPACE :: CSize -> CSize
+foreign import capi unsafe "sys/socket.h CMSG_LEN"
+  _CMSG_LEN   :: CSize -> CSize
+foreign import capi unsafe "sys/socket.h CMSG_DATA"
+  _CMSG_DATA  :: Ptr Cmsghdr -> Ptr Cmsgdata
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "cmsg_nxthdr"
+  _CMSG_NXTHDR   :: Ptr a -> CSize -> Ptr Cmsghdr -> IO (Ptr Cmsghdr)
+foreign import ccall unsafe "cmsg_firsthdr"
+  _CMSG_FIRSTHDR :: Ptr a -> CSize -> Ptr Cmsghdr
+
+cmsgSpace :: Int -> Int
+cmsgSpace = fromIntegral . _CMSG_SPACE . fromIntegral
+
+{- |
+ - `peekCmsg buffer hdroffs reader`
+ - `reader` is a function that accept the control message level and type, and the data payload.
+ - The payload is given as a buffer, the offset of the payload section (cmsg_data), and the size of the payload (cmsg_len - CMSG_LEN(0)).
+ - -}
+peekCmsg :: ByteArray -> Int -> (CmsghdrLevel -> CmsghdrType -> ByteArray -> Int -> Int -> a) -> a
+peekCmsg buffer hdroffs reader = reader cmsgLevel cmsgType buffer (hdroffs + cmsghdrDataOffset) (fromIntegral $ cmsgSize - cmsghdrSize)
+  where cmsgSize  = indexUnalignedByteArray @CSize        buffer (hdroffs + #{offset struct cmsghdr, cmsg_len})
+        cmsgLevel = indexUnalignedByteArray @CmsghdrLevel buffer (hdroffs + #{offset struct cmsghdr, cmsg_level})
+        cmsgType  = indexUnalignedByteArray @CmsghdrType  buffer (hdroffs + #{offset struct cmsghdr, cmsg_type})
+        cmsghdrDataOffset = #{const (int)(ptrdiff_t)((char*)CMSG_DATA((struct cmsghdr*)0x01) - (char*)0x01)}
+        cmsghdrSize       = _CMSG_LEN 0
+
+{- |
+ - `pokeCmsg buffer hdroffs cmsgLevel cmsgType cmsgPayloadLen cmsgPayload`
+ - Store a control message element info the `buffer` at `hdroffs`.
+ - `cmsgPayloadLen` is the length of the data section.
+ - `cmsgPayload` is a function that take a buffer, offset into that buffer, and write the data section at that location.
+ - -}
+pokeCmsg :: PrimMonad m => MutableByteArray (PrimState m) -> Int -> CmsghdrLevel -> CmsghdrType -> Int -> (MutableByteArray (PrimState m) -> Int -> m ()) -> m ()
+pokeCmsg buffer hdroffs cmsgLevel cmsgType cmsgPayloadLen cmsgPayload = do
+  writeUnalignedByteArray @_ @CSize        buffer (hdroffs + #{offset struct cmsghdr, cmsg_len})   (_CMSG_LEN $ fromIntegral cmsgPayloadLen)
+  writeUnalignedByteArray @_ @CmsghdrLevel buffer (hdroffs + #{offset struct cmsghdr, cmsg_level}) cmsgLevel
+  writeUnalignedByteArray @_ @CmsghdrType  buffer (hdroffs + #{offset struct cmsghdr, cmsg_type})  cmsgType
+  cmsgPayload buffer (hdroffs + cmsghdrDataOffset)
+  where cmsghdrDataOffset = #{const (int)(ptrdiff_t)((char*)CMSG_DATA((struct cmsghdr*)0x01) - (char*)0x01)}
+
+newCmsgBuffer :: PrimMonad m => Int -> m (MutableByteArray (PrimState m))
+newCmsgBuffer totalSize = do
+  buffer <- newAlignedPinnedByteArray totalSize #{alignment struct cmsghdr}
+  fillByteArray buffer 0 totalSize 0
+  return buffer
diff --git a/src/Netw/Internal/Enum.hsc b/src/Netw/Internal/Enum.hsc
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Netw/Internal/Enum.hsc
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -Wno-missing-pattern-synonym-signatures #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE PatternSynonyms #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+module Netw.Internal.Enum where
+import Netw.Internal.Protocols
+{- NOTE: This module is platform-depenent (Linux)
+ - -}
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+
+import Foreign
+import Foreign.C
+
+
+newtype ProtocolFamily  = ProtocolFamily CInt deriving (Eq)
+-- TODO: Add more and maybe use macro to check if value is defined
+-- PF_LOCAL and PF_UNIX should be the same on every platform
+#if linux_HOST_OS
+pattern PF_UNIX         = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_UNIX       }
+pattern PF_LOCAL        = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_LOCAL      }
+pattern PF_INET         = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_INET       }
+pattern PF_AX25         = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_AX25       }
+pattern PF_IPX          = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_IPX        }
+pattern PF_APPLETALK    = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_APPLETALK  }
+pattern PF_NETROM       = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_NETROM     }
+pattern PF_BRIDGE       = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_BRIDGE     }
+pattern PF_ATMPVC       = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_ATMPVC     }
+pattern PF_X25          = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_X25        }
+pattern PF_INET6        = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_INET6      }
+pattern PF_ROSE         = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_ROSE       }
+pattern PF_DECnet       = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_DECnet     }
+pattern PF_NETBEUI      = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_NETBEUI    }
+pattern PF_SECURITY     = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_SECURITY   }
+pattern PF_KEY          = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_KEY        }
+pattern PF_NETLINK      = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_NETLINK    }
+pattern PF_PACKET       = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_PACKET     }
+pattern PF_ECONET       = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_ECONET     }
+pattern PF_ATMSVC       = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_ATMSVC     }
+pattern PF_RDS          = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_RDS        }
+pattern PF_IRDA         = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_IRDA       }
+pattern PF_PPPOX        = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_PPPOX      }
+pattern PF_WANPIPE      = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_WANPIPE    }
+pattern PF_LLC          = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_LLC        }
+pattern PF_IB           = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_IB         }
+pattern PF_MPLS         = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_MPLS       }
+pattern PF_CAN          = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_CAN        }
+pattern PF_TIPC         = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_TIPC       }
+pattern PF_BLUETOOTH    = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_BLUETOOTH  }
+pattern PF_IUCV         = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_IUCV       }
+pattern PF_RXRPC        = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_RXRPC      }
+pattern PF_ISDN         = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_ISDN       }
+pattern PF_PHONET       = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_PHONET     }
+pattern PF_IEEE802154   = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_IEEE802154 }
+pattern PF_CAIF         = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_CAIF       }
+pattern PF_ALG          = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_ALG        }
+pattern PF_VSOCK        = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_VSOCK      }
+pattern PF_KCM          = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_KCM        }
+pattern PF_QIPCRTR      = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_QIPCRTR    }
+pattern PF_SMC          = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_SMC        }
+pattern PF_XDP          = ProtocolFamily #{const PF_XDP        }
+#endif
+
+newtype SocketType      = SocketType CInt deriving (Eq, Bits)
+pattern SOCK_STREAM     = SocketType #{const SOCK_STREAM    }
+pattern SOCK_DGRAM      = SocketType #{const SOCK_DGRAM     }
+pattern SOCK_SEQPACKET  = SocketType #{const SOCK_SEQPACKET }
+
+#if linux_HOST_OS
+pattern SOCK_RAW        = SocketType #{const SOCK_RAW       }
+pattern SOCK_RDM        = SocketType #{const SOCK_RDM       }
+pattern SOCK_PACKET     = SocketType #{const SOCK_PACKET    }
+
+-- These are a little different
+pattern SOCK_NONBLOCK   = SocketType #{const SOCK_NONBLOCK  }
+pattern SOCK_CLOEXEC    = SocketType #{const SOCK_CLOEXEC   }
+#endif
+
+newtype Protocol        = Protocol CInt deriving Eq
+pattern DefaultProtocol = Protocol 0
+-- Some values have different name from the equivalent in 
+-- netinet/in.h
+$(declareProtocols 'Protocol)
+
+-- These value are not defined in /etc/protocols but is defined
+-- in netinet/in.h
+#if linux_HOST_OS
+pattern IPPROTO_IP      = Protocol #{const IPPROTO_IP   }
+pattern IPPROTO_RAW     = Protocol #{const IPPROTO_RAW  }
+pattern IPPROTO_MPTCP   = Protocol #{const IPPROTO_MPTCP}
+pattern IPPROTO_MH      = Protocol #{const IPPROTO_MH   }
+#endif
+
+newtype MsgFlags        = MsgFlags CInt deriving (Eq, Bits, Storable)
+pattern MSG_EOR         = MsgFlags #{const MSG_EOR      }
+pattern MSG_OOB         = MsgFlags #{const MSG_OOB      }
+pattern MSG_NOSIGNAL    = MsgFlags #{const MSG_NOSIGNAL }
+pattern MSG_PEEK        = MsgFlags #{const MSG_PEEK     }
+pattern MSG_WAITALL     = MsgFlags #{const MSG_WAITALL  }
+pattern MSG_TRUNC       = MsgFlags #{const MSG_TRUNC    }
+pattern MSG_CTRUNC      = MsgFlags #{const MSG_CTRUNC   }
+
+-- These seem to be specific to linux
+-- They don't appear in posix man pages
+#if linux_HOST_OS
+pattern MSG_CONFIRM      = MsgFlags (#const MSG_CONFIRM   )   
+pattern MSG_DONTROUTE    = MsgFlags (#const MSG_DONTROUTE )   
+pattern MSG_DONTWAIT     = MsgFlags (#const MSG_DONTWAIT  )   
+pattern MSG_MORE         = MsgFlags (#const MSG_MORE      )   
+pattern MSG_FASTOPEN     = MsgFlags (#const MSG_FASTOPEN  )    
+
+pattern MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC = MsgFlags (#const MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC )
+pattern MSG_ERRQUEUE     = MsgFlags (#const MSG_ERRQUEUE     )
+#endif
+
+newtype ShutHow   = ShutHow CInt
+pattern SHUT_RD   = ShutHow #{const SHUT_RD  }
+pattern SHUT_WR   = ShutHow #{const SHUT_WR  }
+pattern SHUT_RDWR = ShutHow #{const SHUT_RDWR}
diff --git a/src/Netw/Internal/Port.hs b/src/Netw/Internal/Port.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Netw/Internal/Port.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE ViewPatterns #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
+module Netw.Internal.Port where
+import Netw.Internal.Type
+
+import Data.List
+import Data.Char
+import qualified Data.List.NonEmpty as N
+
+import Data.Word
+import Language.Haskell.TH
+
+
+declarePorts :: Name -> DecsQ
+declarePorts constructor =
+  -- runIO (print . grpOnNameAndPort =<< servents) >> return []
+  runIO servents >>= emit . concatMap service . grpOnNameAndPort
+  where emit :: [(String, Word16)] -> DecsQ
+        emit (sortOn fst -> ports) =
+          let grp1 name (a:as)
+                | name == fst a = (a:) <$> grp1 name as
+                | otherwise     = (a:as,[])
+              grp1 _    [] = ([], [])
+              grp2 (a:as) =
+                let (as', p) = grp1 (fst a) as
+                in  (a N.:| p):grp2 as'
+              grp2 []     = []
+              list =
+                let f (a N.:| as)
+                      | null as   = [a]
+                      | otherwise = map (\ (name, port) -> (name ++ '_' : show port, port)) (a:as)
+                in  concatMap f (grp2 ports)
+        --  in  runIO (print list) >> return []
+          in  sequence [ patSynD (mkName name)
+                                 (prefixPatSyn [])
+                                 implBidir
+                                 (conP constructor [w16ToLit port])
+                       | (name, port) <- list ]
+        service :: (String, N.NonEmpty (Word16, N.NonEmpty String)) -> [(String, Word16)]
+        service (name, pp N.:| pps)
+          | null pps  = [("IPPORT_" ++ normalize name, fst pp)]
+          | otherwise = concat
+            [ 
+              [ ("IPPORT_" ++ normalize name ++ '_' : normalize proto, port)
+              | proto <- N.toList protos]
+            | (port, protos) <- pp:pps]
+        w16ToLit = litP . integerL . fromIntegral
+        stage1 :: [Servent] -> [(String, N.NonEmpty (Word16, String))]
+        stage1 (sortOn sName -> db) =
+          let grp1 name (e@(sName -> name'):es)
+                | name == name' = ((sPort e, sProto e):) <$> grp1 name es
+                | otherwise     = (e:es, [])
+              grp1 _ [] = ([], [])
+              grp2 (e@(sName -> name):es) = 
+                let (es', ports) = grp1 name es
+                in  (name, (sPort e, sProto e) N.:| ports):grp2 es'
+              grp2 [] = []
+          in  grp2 db
+        stage2 :: [(String, N.NonEmpty (Word16, String))] -> [(String, N.NonEmpty (Word16, N.NonEmpty String))]
+        stage2 = 
+          map $ 
+          \ (serviceName, N.sortWith fst -> portProt) -> 
+            let grp1 port (pp@(port', proto):pps)
+                  | port == port' = (proto:) <$> grp1 port pps
+                  | otherwise     = (pp:pps, [])
+                grp1 _    [] = ([], [])
+                grp2 ((port, proto):pps) =
+                  let (pps', protos) = grp1 port pps
+                  in  (port, proto N.:| protos):grp2 pps'
+                grp2 [] = []
+                grp3 ((port, proto) N.:| pps) =
+                  let (pps', protos) = grp1 port pps
+                  in  (port, proto N.:| protos) N.:| grp2 pps'
+            in  (serviceName, grp3 portProt)
+        grpOnNameAndPort :: [Servent] -> [(String, N.NonEmpty (Word16, N.NonEmpty String))]
+        grpOnNameAndPort = stage2 . stage1
+        normalize = map $ (\case '-' -> '_'; other -> other) . toUpper
diff --git a/src/Netw/Internal/Protocols.hs b/src/Netw/Internal/Protocols.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Netw/Internal/Protocols.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
+module Netw.Internal.Protocols where
+import Netw.Internal.Type
+
+import Language.Haskell.TH
+import Data.Char (toUpper)
+
+declareProtocols :: Name -> DecsQ
+declareProtocols constructor = do
+  runIO protoents >>= mapM
+    (\ proto ->
+      do
+        patSynD (mkName $ normalize (pName proto))
+                (prefixPatSyn [])
+                implBidir
+                (conP constructor [litP (integerL $ fromIntegral $ pProto proto)]))
+  where normalize =
+          let sanitize = \case '-'  -> '_'
+                               '/'  -> '_'
+                               '\\' -> '_'
+                               ' '  -> '_'
+                               '+'  -> 'p'
+                               '.'  -> '_'
+                               char -> char
+          in  ("IPPROTO_"++) . map (sanitize . toUpper)
diff --git a/src/Netw/Internal/Socket.hs b/src/Netw/Internal/Socket.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Netw/Internal/Socket.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE UnliftedFFITypes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MagicHash #-}
+module Netw.Internal.Socket 
+( retryOrThrowErrnoIfMinus1
+, throwErrnoIfNothing
+
+, socket
+
+, bind#
+, bind
+
+, listen
+
+, getsockname#
+, getsockname
+
+, accept#
+, accept
+
+, connect#
+, connect
+
+, send#, send, sendto#
+, sendto, sendmsg#, sendmsg
+
+, recv#, recv
+, recvfrom#, recvfrom
+, recvmsg#, recvmsg
+
+, shutdown
+) where
+import Netw.Internal.Enum
+import Netw.Internal.Type
+
+import Foreign
+import Foreign.C
+
+import System.Posix.Types
+
+import GHC.Exts
+
+retryOrThrowErrnoIfMinus1 :: (Eq a, Num a) => String -> IO a -> IO a
+retryOrThrowErrnoIfMinus1 msg action = do
+  r <- action
+  if r == -1
+  then do
+    errno <- getErrno
+    if errno == eAGAIN || errno == eWOULDBLOCK then
+      retryOrThrowErrnoIfMinus1 msg action
+    else
+      throwErrno msg
+  else
+    return r
+-- Remember to check a (the returned value) to determine if an error occure
+-- since something else might have failed before that and errno is no longer EOK
+throwErrnoIfNothing :: String -> (a -> Errno -> Maybe b) -> IO a -> IO b
+throwErrnoIfNothing msg func act = do
+  ret <- act
+  err <- getErrno
+  let may = func ret err
+  case may of
+    Nothing -> throwErrno msg
+    Just b  -> return b
+
+zeroIfMinus1AndEAGAINOrEWOULDBLOCK :: (Num a, Eq a) => a -> Errno -> Maybe a
+zeroIfMinus1AndEAGAINOrEWOULDBLOCK (-1) errno
+  | errno == eAGAIN || errno == eWOULDBLOCK = Just 0
+  | otherwise = Nothing
+zeroIfMinus1AndEAGAINOrEWOULDBLOCK a _ = Just a
+
+throwErrnoIfMinus1UnlessEAGAINorEWOULDBLOCK :: (Num a, Eq a) => String -> IO a -> IO a
+throwErrnoIfMinus1UnlessEAGAINorEWOULDBLOCK msg act = do
+  ret <- act
+  if ret == -1 
+  then do
+    errno <- getErrno
+    if errno == eAGAIN || errno == eWOULDBLOCK
+    then 
+      return 0
+    else
+      throwErrno msg
+  else
+    return ret
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "socket_wrapper"
+  socket_  :: ProtocolFamily -> SocketType -> Protocol -> IO CInt
+socket :: ProtocolFamily -> SocketType -> Protocol -> IO Fd
+socket domain stype protocol = Fd <$>
+  throwErrnoIfMinus1 "socket failed to create socket"
+    (socket_ domain stype protocol)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "bind"
+  bind_#   :: Fd -> ByteArray# -> CSocklen -> IO CInt
+bind# :: Fd -> ByteArray# -> CSocklen -> IO ()
+bind# sockfd address addressLen =
+  throwErrnoIfMinus1_ "bind failed to bind sockfd"
+    (bind_# sockfd address addressLen)
+foreign import ccall unsafe "bind"
+  bind_    :: Fd -> Ptr () -> CSocklen -> IO CInt
+bind :: Fd -> Ptr () -> CSocklen -> IO ()
+bind sockfd address addressLen =
+  throwErrnoIfMinus1_ "bind failed to bind sockfd"
+    (bind_ sockfd address addressLen)
+
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "listen"
+  listen_   :: Fd -> CInt -> IO CInt
+listen :: Fd -> CInt -> IO ()
+listen sockfd backlog =
+  throwErrnoIfMinus1_ "listen fail"
+    (listen_ sockfd backlog)
+
+-- TODO: Add an extra argument to specify retry wait time
+foreign import ccall unsafe "accept"
+  accept_# :: Fd -> MutableByteArray# RealWorld -> Ptr CSocklen -> IO CInt
+accept# :: Fd -> MutableByteArray# RealWorld -> Ptr CSocklen -> IO Fd
+accept# sockfd address addressLen = Fd <$>
+  retryOrThrowErrnoIfMinus1 "accept failed" (accept_# sockfd address addressLen)
+foreign import ccall unsafe "accept"
+  accept_  :: Fd -> Ptr () -> Ptr CSocklen -> IO CInt    
+accept :: Fd -> Ptr () -> Ptr CSocklen -> IO Fd
+accept sockfd address addressLen = Fd <$>
+  retryOrThrowErrnoIfMinus1 "accept failed" (accept_ sockfd address addressLen)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "getsockname"
+  getsockname_# :: Fd -> MutableByteArray# RealWorld -> Ptr CSocklen -> IO CInt
+getsockname# :: Fd -> MutableByteArray# RealWorld -> Ptr CSocklen -> IO ()
+getsockname# sockfd address addressLen =
+  throwErrnoIfMinus1_ "getsockname failed"
+    (getsockname_# sockfd address addressLen)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "getsockname"
+  getsockname_ :: Fd -> Ptr () -> Ptr CSocklen -> IO CInt
+getsockname :: Fd -> Ptr () -> Ptr CSocklen -> IO ()
+getsockname sockfd address addressLen =
+  throwErrnoIfMinus1_ "getsockname failed"
+    (getsockname_ sockfd address addressLen)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "connect"
+  connect_# :: Fd -> ByteArray# -> CSocklen -> IO CInt
+connect# :: Fd -> ByteArray# -> CSocklen -> IO ()
+connect# sockfd address addressLen =
+  throwErrnoIfMinus1_ "connect failed"
+    (connect_# sockfd address addressLen)
+foreign import ccall unsafe "connect"
+  connect_  :: Fd -> Ptr () -> CSocklen -> IO CInt
+connect :: Fd -> Ptr () -> CSocklen -> IO ()
+connect sockfd address addressLen =
+  throwErrnoIfMinus1_ "connect failed"
+    (connect_ sockfd address addressLen)
+
+-- Actually sending and recving data
+-- The send* function might return zero in case no byte is sent
+-- failure is handled
+foreign import ccall unsafe "send_wrapper"
+  send_# :: Fd -> ByteArray# -> CPtrdiff -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> IO CSsize 
+send# :: Fd -> ByteArray# -> CPtrdiff -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> IO CSsize
+send# fd buf# offs size flags =
+  throwErrnoIfMinus1UnlessEAGAINorEWOULDBLOCK "send failed"
+    (send_# fd buf# offs size flags)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "send"
+  send_ :: Fd -> Ptr Word8 -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> IO CSsize 
+send :: Fd -> Ptr Word8 -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> IO CSsize
+send fd buf size flags = 
+  throwErrnoIfMinus1UnlessEAGAINorEWOULDBLOCK "send failed"
+    (send_ fd buf size flags)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "sendto_wrapper"
+  sendto_# :: Fd -> ByteArray# -> CPtrdiff -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> ByteArray# -> CSocklen -> IO CSsize
+sendto# :: Fd -> ByteArray# -> CPtrdiff -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> ByteArray# -> CSocklen -> IO CSsize
+sendto# fd buf# offs size flags addr# addrlen =
+  throwErrnoIfMinus1UnlessEAGAINorEWOULDBLOCK "sendto failed"
+    (sendto_# fd buf# offs size flags addr# addrlen)
+foreign import ccall unsafe "sendto"
+  sendto_  :: Fd -> Ptr Word8 -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> ByteArray# -> CSocklen -> IO CSsize
+sendto :: Fd -> Ptr Word8 -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> ByteArray# -> CSocklen -> IO CSsize
+sendto fd buf size flags addr# addrlen = 
+  throwErrnoIfMinus1UnlessEAGAINorEWOULDBLOCK "sendto failed"
+    (sendto_ fd buf size flags addr# addrlen)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "sendmsg_wrapper0" -- iovecs             offs         size          nvec
+  sendmsg_# :: Fd -> ByteArray# -> CSocklen -> Array# ByteArray# -> ByteArray# -> ByteArray# -> CSize -> Ptr () -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> IO CSsize
+sendmsg# :: Fd -> ByteArray# -> CSocklen -> Array# ByteArray# -> ByteArray# -> ByteArray# -> CSize -> Ptr () -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> IO CSsize
+sendmsg# fd addr# addrlen iovecs offs size nvec cmsg cmsglen flags =
+  throwErrnoIfMinus1UnlessEAGAINorEWOULDBLOCK "sendmsg failed"
+    (sendmsg_# fd addr# addrlen iovecs offs size nvec cmsg cmsglen flags)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "sendmsg_wrapper1"
+  sendmsg_  :: Fd -> ByteArray# -> CSocklen -> Ptr Iovec -> CSize -> Ptr () -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> IO CSsize
+sendmsg :: Fd -> ByteArray# -> CSocklen -> Ptr Iovec -> CSize -> Ptr () -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> IO CSsize
+sendmsg fd addr# addrlen iovecs ioveclen cmsg cmsglen flags =
+  throwErrnoIfMinus1UnlessEAGAINorEWOULDBLOCK "sendmsg failed"
+    (sendmsg_ fd addr# addrlen iovecs ioveclen cmsg cmsglen flags)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "recv_wrapper"
+  recv_# :: Fd -> MutableByteArray# RealWorld -> CPtrdiff -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> IO CSsize
+recv# :: Fd -> MutableByteArray# RealWorld -> CPtrdiff -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> IO CSsize
+recv# fd buf# offs size flags =
+  retryOrThrowErrnoIfMinus1 "recv failed"
+    (recv_# fd buf# offs size flags)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "recv"
+  recv_ :: Fd -> Ptr Word8 -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> IO CSsize
+recv :: Fd -> Ptr Word8 -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> IO CSsize
+recv fd buf size flags =
+  retryOrThrowErrnoIfMinus1 "recv failed"
+    (recv_ fd buf size flags)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "recvfrom_wrapper"
+  recvfrom_# :: Fd -> MutableByteArray# RealWorld -> CPtrdiff -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> MutableByteArray# RealWorld -> Ptr CSocklen -> IO CSsize
+recvfrom# :: Fd -> MutableByteArray# RealWorld -> CPtrdiff -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> MutableByteArray# RealWorld -> Ptr CSocklen -> IO CSsize
+recvfrom# fd buf# offs size flags addr# addrlen =
+  retryOrThrowErrnoIfMinus1 "recvfrom failed"
+    (recvfrom_# fd buf# offs size flags addr# addrlen)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "recvfrom"
+  recvfrom_ :: Fd -> Ptr Word8 -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> MutableByteArray# RealWorld -> Ptr CSocklen -> IO CSsize
+recvfrom :: Fd -> Ptr Word8 -> CSize -> MsgFlags -> MutableByteArray# RealWorld -> Ptr CSocklen -> IO CSsize
+recvfrom fd buf size flags addr# addrlen =
+  retryOrThrowErrnoIfMinus1 "recvfrom failed"
+    (recvfrom_ fd buf size flags addr# addrlen)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "recvmsg_wrapper0"
+  recvmsg_# :: Fd -> MutableByteArray# RealWorld -> Ptr CSocklen -> Array# (MutableByteArray# RealWorld) -> ByteArray# -> ByteArray# -> CSize -> Ptr a -> Ptr CSize -> Ptr MsgFlags -> IO CSsize
+recvmsg# :: Fd -> MutableByteArray# RealWorld -> Ptr CSocklen -> Array# (MutableByteArray# RealWorld) -> ByteArray# -> ByteArray# -> CSize -> Ptr a -> Ptr CSize -> Ptr MsgFlags -> IO CSsize
+recvmsg# fd addr# addrlen iovecs# offs size ioveclen cmsg cmsglen flags =
+  retryOrThrowErrnoIfMinus1 "recvmsg failed"
+    (recvmsg_# fd addr# addrlen iovecs# offs size ioveclen cmsg cmsglen flags)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "recvmsg_wrapper1"
+  recvmsg_  :: Fd -> MutableByteArray# RealWorld -> Ptr CSocklen -> Ptr Iovec -> CSize -> Ptr a -> Ptr CSize -> Ptr MsgFlags -> IO CSsize
+recvmsg :: Fd -> MutableByteArray# RealWorld -> Ptr CSocklen -> Ptr Iovec -> CSize -> Ptr a -> Ptr CSize -> Ptr MsgFlags -> IO CSsize
+recvmsg fd addr# addrlen iovecs ioveclen cmsg cmsglen flags =
+  retryOrThrowErrnoIfMinus1 "recvmsg failed"
+    (recvmsg_ fd addr# addrlen iovecs ioveclen cmsg cmsglen flags)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "shutdown"
+  shutdown_ :: Fd -> ShutHow -> IO CInt
+shutdown :: Fd -> ShutHow -> IO ()
+shutdown fd = throwErrnoIfMinus1_ "shutdown failed" . shutdown_ fd
diff --git a/src/Netw/Internal/Type.hsc b/src/Netw/Internal/Type.hsc
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Netw/Internal/Type.hsc
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE ForeignFunctionInterface #-}
+module Netw.Internal.Type 
+( Iovec(..)
+, sizeofSockaddrStorage
+, Protoent(..), protoents
+, Servent(..), servents
+, _IPPORT_RESERVED, _IPPORT_USERRESERVED
+) where
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+
+import Foreign
+import Foreign.C
+
+import Data.Primitive
+import Data.Function
+
+import Data.Word
+import GHC.ByteOrder
+
+data Iovec = Iovec { iovBase :: !(Ptr ()), iovLen :: !CSize }
+instance Storable Iovec where
+  sizeOf   _ = #{size struct iovec}
+  alignment _ = #{alignment struct iovec}
+
+  peek ptr = Iovec <$> #{peek struct iovec, iov_base} ptr <*> #{peek struct iovec, iov_len} ptr
+  poke ptr iovec = #{poke struct iovec, iov_base} ptr (iovBase iovec)
+                >> #{poke struct iovec, iov_len}  ptr (iovLen  iovec)
+
+sizeofSockaddrStorage :: Int
+sizeofSockaddrStorage = #{size struct sockaddr_storage}
+
+data Protoent = Protoent
+  { pName    :: String
+  , pAliases :: [String]
+  , pProto   :: CInt
+  }
+
+peekProtoent :: Ptr Protoent -> IO Protoent
+peekProtoent ptr = do
+  name    <- peekCString =<< #{peek struct protoent, p_name} ptr
+  proto   <- #{peek struct protoent, p_proto} ptr
+  aliases <- mapM peekCString =<< peekArray0 nullPtr =<< #{peek struct protoent, p_aliases} ptr
+  return (Protoent name aliases proto)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "getprotoent"
+  getprotoent :: IO (Ptr Protoent)
+foreign import ccall unsafe "endprotoent"
+  endprotoent :: IO ()
+
+protoents :: IO [Protoent]
+protoents = do
+  endprotoent
+  fix (\ loop -> do
+    proto' <- getprotoent
+    if proto' == nullPtr
+    then do
+      endprotoent
+      return []
+    else do
+      proto <- peekProtoent proto'
+      (proto:) <$> loop
+    )
+
+data Servent = Servent
+  { sName    :: String
+  , sAliases :: [String]
+  , sPort    :: Word16  -- NOTE: This is in host byte order
+  , sProto   :: String
+  }
+
+peekServent :: Ptr Servent -> IO Servent
+peekServent ptr = do
+  name    <- peekCString =<< #{peek struct servent, s_name} ptr
+  aliases <- mapM peekCString =<< peekArray0 nullPtr =<< #{peek struct servent, s_aliases} ptr
+  port :: CInt
+          <- #{peek struct servent, s_port} ptr
+  proto   <- peekCString =<< #{peek struct servent, s_proto} ptr
+  return (Servent name aliases (ntoh $ fromIntegral port) proto)
+  where ntoh :: Word16 -> Word16
+        ntoh = case targetByteOrder of LittleEndian -> byteSwap16; BigEndian -> id
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "getservent"
+  getservent :: IO (Ptr Servent)
+foreign import ccall unsafe "endservent"
+  endservent :: IO ()
+
+servents :: IO [Servent]
+servents = do
+  endservent
+  fix (\ loop -> do
+    serv' <- getservent
+    if serv' == nullPtr
+    then do
+      endservent
+      return []
+    else do
+      serv <- peekServent serv'
+      (serv:) <$> loop
+    )
+
+_IPPORT_RESERVED :: Word16
+_IPPORT_RESERVED = #{const IPPORT_RESERVED}
+
+_IPPORT_USERRESERVED :: Word16
+_IPPORT_USERRESERVED = #{const IPPORT_USERRESERVED}
diff --git a/src/Netw/SockAddr.hsc b/src/Netw/SockAddr.hsc
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Netw/SockAddr.hsc
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE AllowAmbiguousTypes #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ViewPatterns #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MagicHash #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE UnboxedTuples #-}
+{-|
+Module      : Netw.SockAddr
+Description : Various socket address types
+-}
+module Netw.SockAddr 
+( SockAddr (..), Addr(..)
+, mkAddr
+, newSockAddrStorage
+, SockAddrNull (..), SockAddrUn (..)
+, SockAddrIn (..), SockAddrIn6 (..)
+) where
+#include <sys/socket.h>
+#include <sys/un.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+import Netw.Internal.Type (sizeofSockaddrStorage)
+import Netw.Inet
+
+import Control.Exception (assert)
+import Control.Monad.Primitive
+
+import Data.Char
+import Data.Functor
+import Data.Foldable
+
+import Data.Primitive
+import Data.Primitive.ByteArray.Unaligned
+
+import GHC.Word
+
+type CSaFamily = #{type sa_family_t} -- Don't export this, it is only used here
+
+-- | A type that represent some socket address
+newtype Addr = Addr { unAddr :: forall a. SockAddr a => Maybe a }
+mkAddr :: ByteArray -> Addr
+mkAddr ba = Addr (byteArrayToSockAddr ba)
+
+class SockAddr a where
+  {-# MINIMAL sockAddrToByteArray, byteArrayToSockAddr #-}
+  -- | Convert a socket address to its C equivalent
+  sockAddrToByteArray :: a         -> ByteArray
+  -- | Convert a socket address from its C equivalent
+  byteArrayToSockAddr :: ByteArray -> Maybe a
+
+  -- | Check if this bytearray contain a socket address of this type
+  isByteArrayThisAddr :: ByteArray -> Bool
+  isByteArrayThisAddr ba
+    | Just _ <- byteArrayToSockAddr @a ba = True
+    | otherwise = False
+
+  -- | Find the required number of bytes to store the C struct
+  sockAddrSize :: a -> Int
+  sockAddrSize = sizeofByteArray . sockAddrToByteArray
+
+-- TODO: Move this to an internal module
+newSockAddrStorage :: PrimMonad m => m (MutableByteArray (PrimState m))
+newSockAddrStorage = newByteArray sizeofSockaddrStorage
+
+-- | A null socket address. Equivalent to not specifying a socket address.
+data SockAddrNull = SockAddrNull
+instance SockAddr SockAddrNull where
+  isByteArrayThisAddr = (0 ==) . sizeofByteArray
+  sockAddrSize = const 0
+
+  sockAddrToByteArray _ = emptyByteArray
+  byteArrayToSockAddr a
+    | sizeofByteArray a == 0 = Just SockAddrNull
+    | otherwise              = Nothing
+
+-- | UNIX Socket address
+newtype SockAddrUn = SockAddrUn FilePath deriving (Eq, Show)
+-- NOTE: There is an extension on linux that add abstract socket address for
+-- unix sockets. It is quite nonportable according to the man page
+-- might implement it
+instance SockAddr SockAddrUn where
+  sockAddrSize (SockAddrUn sunPath) = #{offset struct sockaddr_un, sun_path} + length sunPath
+  isByteArrayThisAddr = isSaFamily #{const AF_LOCAL}
+
+  sockAddrToByteArray addr@(SockAddrUn sunPath) = runByteArray $ do
+    sockaddr <- newByteArray len
+    writeSaFamily sockaddr #{const AF_LOCAL}
+    nullAt <- foldlM (\ idx char -> assert (isAscii char) (writeByteArray @Word8 sockaddr idx (toEnum (ord char))) >> return (succ idx)) #{offset struct sockaddr_un, sun_path} sunPath 
+    writeByteArray @Word8 sockaddr nullAt 0
+    return sockaddr
+    where len = sockAddrSize addr
+  byteArrayToSockAddr ba -- TODO: Check if the address is a linux abstract address (which start with a null byte)
+    | isByteArrayThisAddr @SockAddrUn ba =
+      let lstIdx  = sizeofByteArray ba - 1 {- NOTE on linux a NULL byte is appened to the end if the NULL byte is present -}
+          addrStr = [let char = chr (fromEnum ch) in assert (isAscii char) char | ch <- [#{offset struct sockaddr_un, sun_path}..lstIdx] <&> indexByteArray @Word8 ba, ch /= 0]
+      in  Just (SockAddrUn addrStr)
+    | otherwise = Nothing
+
+-- | IPv4 socket address
+data SockAddrIn = SockAddrIn
+  { sinPort :: !Port
+  , sinAddr :: !InAddr
+  }
+instance SockAddr SockAddrIn where
+  sockAddrSize _      = #{size struct sockaddr_in}
+  isByteArrayThisAddr = isSaFamily #{const AF_INET}
+
+  sockAddrToByteArray a@(SockAddrIn port addr) = runByteArray $ do
+    sockaddr <- newByteArray len
+    writeSaFamily sockaddr #{const AF_INET}
+    writeAddr sockaddr portOffs (getPortInBE port)
+    writeAddr sockaddr addrOffs addr
+    return sockaddr
+    where len = sockAddrSize a
+          portOffs = #{offset struct sockaddr_in, sin_port}
+          addrOffs = #{offset struct sockaddr_in, sin_addr} + #{offset struct in_addr, s_addr}
+  byteArrayToSockAddr ba
+    | isByteArrayThisAddr @SockAddrIn ba && sizeofByteArray ba >= #{size struct sockaddr_in} = -- #{offset struct sockaddr_in, sin_addr} + #{size struct in_addr} =
+      let portOffs = #{offset struct sockaddr_in, sin_port}
+          addrOffs = #{offset struct sockaddr_in, sin_addr} + #{offset struct in_addr, s_addr}
+          addr = SockAddrIn { sinPort = portFromBE $ indexAddr ba portOffs
+                            , sinAddr = indexAddr ba addrOffs
+                            }
+      in  Just addr
+    | otherwise = Nothing
+
+-- | IPv6 socket address
+data SockAddrIn6 = SockAddrIn6
+  { sin6Port     :: !Port
+  , sin6Flowinfo :: !Word32
+  , sin6Addr     :: !In6Addr
+  , sin6ScopeId  :: !Word32
+  }
+instance SockAddr SockAddrIn6 where
+  sockAddrSize _ = #{size struct sockaddr_in6}
+  isByteArrayThisAddr = isSaFamily #{const AF_INET6}
+
+  sockAddrToByteArray a@(SockAddrIn6 port flow (In6Addr## (## high##, low## ##)) scope) = runByteArray $ do
+    sockaddr <- newByteArray len
+    writeSaFamily sockaddr #{const AF_INET6}
+    writeAddr sockaddr portOffs     (getPortInBE port)
+    writeAddr sockaddr flowOffs     (hton32 flow)
+    writeAddr sockaddr addrHighOffs (W64## high##)
+    writeAddr sockaddr addrLowOffs  (W64## low##)
+    writeAddr sockaddr scopeOffs    (hton32 scope)
+    return sockaddr
+    where len = sockAddrSize a
+          portOffs  = #{offset struct sockaddr_in6, sin6_port}
+          flowOffs  = #{offset struct sockaddr_in6, sin6_flowinfo}
+          scopeOffs = #{offset struct sockaddr_in6, sin6_scope_id}
+          addrOffs  = #{offset struct sockaddr_in6, sin6_addr} + #{offset struct in6_addr, s6_addr}
+          addrHighOffs = addrOffs
+          addrLowOffs  = addrOffs + sizeOfType @Word64
+
+  byteArrayToSockAddr ba
+    | isByteArrayThisAddr @SockAddrIn6 ba && sizeofByteArray ba >= #{size struct sockaddr_in6} =
+      let portOffs  = #{offset struct sockaddr_in6, sin6_port}
+          flowOffs  = #{offset struct sockaddr_in6, sin6_flowinfo}
+          scopeOffs = #{offset struct sockaddr_in6, sin6_scope_id}
+          addrOffs  = #{offset struct sockaddr_in6, sin6_addr} + #{offset struct in6_addr, s6_addr}
+          addrHighOffs = addrOffs
+          addrLowOffs  = addrOffs + sizeOfType @Word64
+          !(W64## high##) = indexAddr ba addrHighOffs
+          !(W64## low##)  = indexAddr ba addrLowOffs
+          addr = SockAddrIn6 { sin6Port     = portFromBE $ indexAddr ba portOffs
+                             , sin6Flowinfo = ntoh32 (indexAddr ba flowOffs)
+                             , sin6Addr     = In6Addr## (## high##, low## ##)
+                             , sin6ScopeId  = ntoh32 (indexAddr ba scopeOffs)
+                             }
+      in  Just addr
+    | otherwise = Nothing
+
+-- this is used internally
+writeSaFamily :: PrimMonad m => MutableByteArray (PrimState m) -> CSaFamily -> m ()
+writeSaFamily = (`writeByteArray` 0)
+
+writeAddr :: (PrimUnaligned a, PrimMonad m) => MutableByteArray (PrimState m) -> Int -> a -> m ()
+writeAddr = writeUnalignedByteArray
+
+indexAddr :: PrimUnaligned a => ByteArray -> Int -> a
+indexAddr = indexUnalignedByteArray
+
+isSaFamily :: CSaFamily -> ByteArray -> Bool
+isSaFamily fam ba = sizeofByteArray ba >= #{size sa_family_t} && fam == indexByteArray @CSaFamily ba 0
diff --git a/src/Netw/Socket.hs b/src/Netw/Socket.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Netw/Socket.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,421 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE ViewPatterns #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MagicHash #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE UnboxedTuples #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ImpredicativeTypes #-}
+{-|
+Module      : Netw.Socket
+Description : Core functions
+
+This module contains all the functions required to create and use sockets.
+-}
+module Netw.Socket 
+( Socket
+, socket, closeSocket
+, bind, listen, getsockname
+, accept, accept_
+, connect
+
+, sendall, send, send'
+, sendallto, sendto, sendto'
+, sendmsg, sendmsg'
+
+, recvsome, recv, recv'
+, recvfrom, recvfrom', recvsomefrom
+, recvmsg, recvmsg_
+
+, shutdown
+, module Netw.Internal.Enum
+) where
+import qualified Netw.Internal.Socket as I
+import Netw.Internal.Enum
+import Netw.Internal.Type
+import Netw.Internal.Cmsg (newCmsgBuffer)
+
+import Netw.SockAddr
+import Netw.Ancillary
+
+import Control.Monad
+import Control.Monad.ST
+import Control.Monad.Primitive
+
+import Data.Function
+import Data.Functor
+import Data.Primitive
+import Data.Word
+
+import Foreign
+import Foreign.C.Types
+
+import System.Posix.Types
+import System.Posix.IO
+
+import GHC.Exts
+
+-- |
+-- A file descriptor that is a socket.
+-- All socket used by this library is in nonblocking mode (O_NONBLOCK)
+newtype Socket = MkSocket { unSocket :: Fd } 
+
+-- | Create a new socket (see `man 3 socket`)
+socket :: ProtocolFamily -> SocketType -> Protocol -> IO Socket
+socket domain   -- ^ The protocol family of the address (an PF_* value)
+       stype    -- ^ The socket types (SOCK_STREAM, SOCK_RAW, etc)
+       protocol -- ^ The protocol. Usually passing DefaultProtocol work.
+  = MkSocket <$> I.socket domain stype protocol
+
+-- | Close a socket (see `man 3 close`)
+closeSocket :: Socket -> IO ()
+closeSocket = closeFd . unSocket
+
+-- | Bind a socket to an address (see `man 3 bind`)
+bind :: SockAddr a => Socket -> a -> IO ()
+bind (unSocket -> sock) sockaddr@(sockAddrToByteArray -> addr@(ByteArray addr#))
+  | sockAddrSize sockaddr > 0 = I.bind# sock addr# (fromIntegral $ sizeofByteArray addr)
+  | otherwise                 = I.bind  sock nullPtr 0
+
+-- | Mark a socket as accepting connection (see `man 3 listen`)
+listen :: Socket -> Int -> IO ()
+listen (unSocket -> sock) (fromIntegral -> backlog) =
+  I.listen sock backlog
+
+-- | Retrieve the name of the socket (see `man 3 getsockname`)
+getsockname :: Socket -> IO Addr
+getsockname (unSocket -> sock) = 
+  with 0 $ \ sockaddrLen -> do
+    I.getsockname sock nullPtr sockaddrLen
+    sockaddr@(MutableByteArray sockaddr#) <- newByteArray . fromIntegral =<< peek sockaddrLen
+    I.getsockname# sock sockaddr# sockaddrLen
+    mkAddr <$> unsafeFreezeByteArray sockaddr
+
+-- | Extract the first connection on the pending connection queue (see `man 3 accept`). This function blocks the calling thread until a connection is made.
+accept :: Socket -> IO (Socket, Addr)
+accept (unSocket -> sock) = 
+  with sockaddrLenGuess $ \ sockaddrLen -> do -- TODO: Check the doc if the address returned from accept is the same as getsockname
+    sockaddr@(MutableByteArray sockaddr#) <- newByteArray (fromIntegral sockaddrLenGuess)
+    peer <- MkSocket <$> I.accept# sock sockaddr# sockaddrLen
+    len  <- peek sockaddrLen
+    (peer, ) <$>
+      if len > sockaddrLenGuess
+      then do
+        addr@(MutableByteArray addr#) <- newByteArray (fromIntegral len)
+        I.getsockname# (unSocket peer) addr# sockaddrLen
+        mkAddr <$> unsafeFreezeByteArray addr
+      else do
+        mkAddr <$> (unsafeFreezeByteArray =<< resizeMutableByteArray sockaddr (fromIntegral len))
+  where sockaddrLenGuess = 128
+
+-- | A version of `accept` which does not return the peer address
+accept_ :: Socket -> IO Socket
+accept_ (unSocket -> sock) = MkSocket <$> I.accept sock nullPtr nullPtr
+
+-- | Try to connect to an address (see `man 3 connect`)
+connect :: SockAddr a => Socket -> a -> IO ()
+connect (unSocket -> sock) sockaddr@(sockAddrToByteArray -> addr@(ByteArray addr#))
+  | sockAddrSize sockaddr > 0 = I.connect# sock addr# (fromIntegral $ sizeofByteArray addr)
+  | otherwise                 = I.connect  sock nullPtr 0
+
+-- You can shave off maybe one clock cycle if this is change to use send and not send_wrapper
+
+
+-- |
+-- `send socket buffer offset size flags`
+-- Send a range of bytes in buffer located at offset and is size bytes long.
+-- Return the number of bytes accually sent which may be less than
+-- the number of bytes specified.
+-- Block the current thread until some bytes are sent.
+-- (see `man 3 send`)
+send :: Socket -> ByteArray -> Int -> Int -> MsgFlags -> IO Int
+send (unSocket -> fd) -- ^ A connected socket
+     (ByteArray buf#) -- ^ Message buffer
+     offs             -- ^ Offset in bytes into the message buffer to start sending
+     size             -- ^ Number of bytes to send
+     flags            -- ^ Specify the type of message transmisstion (MSG_EOR, MSG_OOB, MSG_NOSIGNAL or more depend on platform)
+  = fromIntegral <$> I.send# fd buf# (fromIntegral offs) (fromIntegral size) flags
+
+-- | A version of `send` that accept a pointer instead of a bytearray.
+send' :: Socket -> Ptr Word8 -> Int -> MsgFlags -> IO Int
+send' (unSocket -> sockfd) -- ^ A connected socket
+      buf                  -- ^ Pointer to the message buffer
+      len                  -- ^ Number of bytes to send
+      flags                -- ^ Specify the type of message transmisstion (MSG_EOR, MSG_OOB, MSG_NOSIGNAL or more depend on platform)
+  = fromIntegral <$> I.send sockfd buf (fromIntegral len) flags
+
+-- | 
+-- Send the whole content of a bytearray through a socket.
+-- Block until the entire bytearray has been sent.
+sendall :: Socket -> ByteArray -> MsgFlags -> IO ()
+sendall sock buf flags = fix (\ resend offs size ->
+  when (size > 0) $ do
+    sent <- send sock buf offs size flags
+    resend (offs + sent) (size - sent)) 0 (sizeofByteArray buf)
+
+-- |
+-- A version of `send` that accept the destination address (see `man 3 sendto`)
+-- Return the number of bytes accually sent which may be less than
+-- the number of bytes specified.
+-- Block the thread until some bytes are sent.
+sendto :: SockAddr a => Socket -> ByteArray -> Int -> Int -> MsgFlags -> a -> IO Int
+sendto (unSocket -> fd) -- ^ A connection-mode or connectionless-mode socket
+       (ByteArray buf#) -- ^ The buffer containing the message
+       offs             -- ^ Offset in bytes into the message buffer specifying where to start sending
+       size             -- ^ Number of bytes to send
+       flags            -- ^ Transmission flags
+       (sockAddrToByteArray -> addr@(ByteArray addr#)) -- ^ Destination address (Should be SockAddrNull if using a connected socket)
+  = fromIntegral <$> I.sendto# fd buf# (fromIntegral offs) (fromIntegral size) flags addr# (fromIntegral $ sizeofByteArray addr)
+
+-- | A version of `sendto` that accept a pointer instead of a bytearray
+sendto' :: SockAddr a => Socket -> Ptr Word8 -> Int -> MsgFlags -> a -> IO Int
+sendto' (unSocket -> sockfd)  -- ^ A connection-mode or connectionless-mode socket
+        buf                   -- ^ Pointer to message buffer
+        (fromIntegral -> len) -- ^ Number of bytes to send
+        flags                 -- ^ Transmission flags
+        (sockAddrToByteArray -> addr@(ByteArray addr#)) -- ^ Destination address
+  = fromIntegral <$> I.sendto sockfd buf len flags addr# (fromIntegral $ sizeofByteArray addr)
+
+-- | Send the whole content of a bytearray
+sendallto :: SockAddr a => Socket -> ByteArray -> MsgFlags -> a -> IO ()
+sendallto sock buf flag addr = 
+  fix (\ resend offs size -> 
+    when (size > 0) $ do
+      sent <- sendto sock buf offs size flag addr 
+      resend (offs + sent) (size - sent)) 0 (sizeofByteArray buf)
+
+-- lifting (TODO: Find a better more anonymous method)
+data State s = State (State# s)
+data ArrayByteArray = ArrayByteArray (Array# ByteArray#)
+data ArrayMutableByteArray = ArrayMutableByteArray (Array# (MutableByteArray# RealWorld))
+
+{-|
+`sendmsg socket address iovecs cmsgs flags`
+The iovecs argument is a list of 3-tuples of the data buffer, the offset in bytes,
+and the number of bytes to send. Use SockAddrNull if no address is to be specified.
+This function blocks the calling thread and return the number of bytes sent, which
+may be less than the intended message size.
+
+(See `man 3 sendmsg`)
+-}
+sendmsg :: SockAddr a => Socket -> a -> [(ByteArray, Int, Int)] -> [AncillaryData] -> MsgFlags -> IO Int
+sendmsg (unSocket -> sockfd)              -- ^ A connection-mode or connectionless-mode socket
+        addr                              -- ^ Destination address
+        (unzip3 -> (iovecs, offs, size))  -- ^ A list of message which will be send from left to right. Semantics: (Buffer, Offset(bytes), Size(bytes))
+        (encodeAncillaryData -> control)  -- ^ Ancillary data
+        flags                             -- ^ Transmisstion flags
+  = withByteArrayContents control $ \ control' ->
+    fromIntegral <$> I.sendmsg# sockfd 
+                                addr# (fromIntegral addrLen)
+                                iovecs# offs# size# (fromIntegral iovlen)
+                                (castPtr control') (fromIntegral $ sizeofByteArray control)
+                                flags
+  where !(PrimArray offs#) = fromList (fromIntegral <$> offs) :: PrimArray CPtrdiff
+        !(PrimArray size#) = fromList (fromIntegral <$> size) :: PrimArray CSize
+        !(ArrayByteArray iovecs#) = runST $ primitive $ \ state0# ->
+          let !(# state1#, mutarr# #) 
+                = newArray# iovlen# emptyByteArray# state0# in
+          let !(State state4#, _)
+                = foldl (\ (State state2#, idx@(I# idx#)) (ByteArray iov#) ->
+                    let state3# = writeArray# mutarr# idx# iov# state2#
+                    in  (State state3#, idx + 1) ) (State state1#, 0 :: Int) iovecs in
+          let !(# state5#, arr# #)
+                = unsafeFreezeArray# mutarr# state4# in
+          (# state5#, ArrayByteArray arr# #)
+        !iovlen@(I# iovlen#) = length iovecs
+        !(ByteArray emptyByteArray#) = emptyByteArray
+        !(ByteArray addr#) = sockAddrToByteArray addr
+        addrLen = sockAddrSize addr
+
+-- | A version of `sendmsg` that uses pointers instead of bytearrays
+sendmsg' :: SockAddr a => Socket -> a -> [(Ptr Word8, Int)] -> [AncillaryData] -> MsgFlags -> IO Int
+sendmsg' (unSocket -> sockfd) addr iovecs (encodeAncillaryData -> control) flags =
+  withByteArrayContents control $ \ control' ->
+  withArray iov $ \ iov' ->
+    fromIntegral <$> I.sendmsg sockfd
+                               addr# (fromIntegral addrLen)
+                               iov' (fromIntegral iovlen)
+                               (castPtr control') (fromIntegral $ sizeofByteArray control)
+                               flags
+  where addrLen = sockAddrSize addr
+        !(ByteArray addr#) = sockAddrToByteArray addr
+        iov = iovecs <&> \ (ptr, len) -> Iovec (castPtr ptr) (fromIntegral len)
+        iovlen = length iovecs
+
+{-|
+`recvsome socket n flags`
+Receive a maximum of `n` bytes from `socket`.
+Return the message as a bytearray. If the bytearray is empty (size == 0) then there is no more data to be read and the socket
+should be closed.
+-}
+recvsome :: Socket -> Int -> MsgFlags -> IO ByteArray
+recvsome sock maxBytesRecv flags = do
+  mutarr    <- newByteArray maxBytesRecv
+  bytesRecv <- recv sock mutarr 0 maxBytesRecv flags
+  shrinkMutableByteArray mutarr (fromIntegral bytesRecv)
+  unsafeFreezeByteArray mutarr
+
+{-|
+`recv socket buffer offset size flags`
+Receive a maximum of `size` bytes from `socket`, storing those bytes in `buffer` at `offset`
+Return the number of bytes received. (See `man 3 recv`)
+Block the calling thread until some bytes are received.
+-}
+recv :: Socket -> MutableByteArray RealWorld -> Int -> Int -> MsgFlags -> IO Int
+recv (unSocket -> sockfd)    -- ^ A socket to receive messages from
+     (MutableByteArray buf#) -- ^ Buffer to store message
+     offs                    -- ^ Offset in bytes into the buffer
+     size                    -- ^ Number of bytes allowed
+     flags                   -- ^ Transmission flags
+  = fmap fromIntegral $ I.recv# sockfd buf# (fromIntegral offs) (fromIntegral size) flags
+
+-- | A version of `recv` that takes a pointer instead of a mutablebytearray
+recv' :: Socket -> Ptr Word8 -> Int -> MsgFlags -> IO Int 
+recv' (unSocket -> sockfd) buf size = fmap fromIntegral . I.recv sockfd buf (fromIntegral size)
+
+recvfromImpl :: Socket -> MutableByteArray RealWorld -> Int -> Int -> MsgFlags -> IO (Int, ByteArray)
+recvfromImpl (unSocket -> sockfd) (MutableByteArray buf#) offs size flags = do
+  addr@(MutableByteArray addr#) <- newSockAddrStorage
+  addrlen <- getSizeofMutableByteArray addr
+  with (fromIntegral addrlen) $ \ addrlen' -> do
+    bytesRecv <-
+      I.recvfrom# sockfd
+                  buf# (fromIntegral offs) (fromIntegral size)
+                  flags addr# addrlen'
+    shrinkMutableByteArray addr . fromIntegral =<< peek addrlen'
+    (fromIntegral bytesRecv,) <$> unsafeFreezeByteArray addr 
+
+{-|
+`recvfrom socket buffer offset size flags`
+Receive a message less than `size` bytes long and the source address.
+The bytes received are stored in `buffer` at `offset`
+Return the number of bytes received.
+
+(See `man 3 recvfrom`)
+-}
+recvfrom :: Socket -> MutableByteArray RealWorld -> Int -> Int -> MsgFlags -> IO (Int, Addr)
+recvfrom sock  -- ^ A socket to receive messages from
+         buf   -- ^ Buffer to store message
+         offs  -- ^ Offset in bytes into the buffer
+         size  -- ^ Number of bytes allowed
+         flags -- ^ Transmission flags
+  = fmap mkAddr <$> recvfromImpl sock buf offs size flags
+
+-- | A version of `recvfrom` that takes a pointer
+recvfrom' :: Socket -> Ptr Word8 -> Int -> MsgFlags -> IO (Int, Addr)
+recvfrom' (unSocket -> sockfd) buf len flags = fmap mkAddr <$> do
+  addr@(MutableByteArray addr#) <- newSockAddrStorage
+  addrlen <- getSizeofMutableByteArray addr
+  with (fromIntegral addrlen) $ \ addrlen' -> do
+    bytesRecv <-
+      I.recvfrom sockfd
+                 buf (fromIntegral len)
+                 flags addr# addrlen'
+    shrinkMutableByteArray addr . fromIntegral =<< peek addrlen'
+    (fromIntegral bytesRecv,) <$> unsafeFreezeByteArray addr 
+
+-- | A version of recvfrom that automatically allocates a bytearray
+recvsomefrom :: Socket -> Int -> MsgFlags -> IO (ByteArray, Addr)
+recvsomefrom sock size flags = do
+  buf <- newByteArray size
+  (bytesRecv, addr) <- recvfromImpl sock buf 0 size flags
+  shrinkMutableByteArray buf (fromIntegral bytesRecv)
+  (, mkAddr addr) <$> unsafeFreezeByteArray buf
+
+{- |
+Receive messages alongside ancillary data.
+The elements of `iovecs` are tuples containing the storage bytearray, offset into bytearray, and
+the number of bytes to write to said bytearray.
+
+(See `man 3 recvmsg`)
+-}
+recvmsg :: Socket -> [(MutableByteArray RealWorld, Int, Int)] -> Int -> MsgFlags -> IO (Int, MsgFlags, [AncillaryData], Addr)
+recvmsg (unSocket -> sockfd) -- ^ The socket to recv message from
+        (unzip3 -> (iovecs, map fromIntegral -> offs :: [CPtrdiff], map fromIntegral -> size :: [CSize])) -- ^ The storages buffers which will be filled from left to right. Semantics (Buffer, Offset(bytes), Size(Bytes))
+        controllen -- ^ Maximum size of ancillary data in bytes.
+        flags      -- ^ Transmission flags
+  = do
+  control <- newCmsgBuffer controllen
+  name@(MutableByteArray sockaddr#) 
+          <- newSockAddrStorage
+  namelen <- getSizeofMutableByteArray name
+  (ArrayMutableByteArray iov#) <- primitive $ \ state0# -> 
+    let !(# state1#, dummy# #) 
+          = newByteArray# _0# state0# in
+    let !(# state2#, mutarr# #)
+          = newArray# iovlen# dummy# state1# in
+    let !(State state4#, _)
+          = foldl (\ (State state3#, idx@(I# idx#)) (MutableByteArray ba#) -> (State (writeArray# mutarr# idx# ba# state3#), idx + 1))
+                  (State state2#, 0)
+                  iovecs in
+    let !(# state5#, arr# #)
+          = unsafeFreezeArray# mutarr# state4# in
+    (# state5#, ArrayMutableByteArray arr# #)
+  (bytesRecv, newFlags, newControllen, newNamelen) <-
+    withMutableByteArrayContents control $ \ control' ->
+    with (fromIntegral controllen) $ \ controllen' ->
+    with (fromIntegral namelen) $ \ namelen' ->
+    with flags $ \ flags' -> do
+      bytesRecv <- fromIntegral <$> 
+        I.recvmsg# sockfd
+                   sockaddr# namelen'
+                   iov# offs# size# (fromIntegral iovlen)
+                   control' controllen'
+                   flags'
+      newFlags   <- peek flags'
+      newControllen
+                 <- peek controllen'
+      newNamelen <- peek namelen'
+      return (bytesRecv, newFlags, newControllen, newNamelen)
+  shrinkMutableByteArray name (fromIntegral newNamelen)
+  shrinkMutableByteArray control (fromIntegral newControllen)
+
+  frozenName    <- unsafeFreezeByteArray name
+  frozenControl <- unsafeFreezeByteArray control
+  return (bytesRecv, newFlags, decodeAncillaryData frozenControl, mkAddr frozenName)
+  where !iovlen@(I# iovlen#) = length iovecs
+        !(I# _0#) = 0
+        !(PrimArray offs#) = fromList offs
+        !(PrimArray size#) = fromList size
+
+-- | A version of `recvmsg` that does not return the address
+recvmsg_ :: Socket -> [(MutableByteArray RealWorld, Int, Int)] -> Int -> MsgFlags -> IO (Int, MsgFlags, [AncillaryData])
+recvmsg_ (unSocket -> sockfd) (unzip3 -> (iovecs, map fromIntegral -> offs :: [CPtrdiff], map fromIntegral -> size :: [CSize])) controllen flags = do
+  control <- newCmsgBuffer controllen
+  (MutableByteArray sockaddr#) 
+          <- newByteArray 0
+  let namelen = 0 
+  (ArrayMutableByteArray iov#) <- primitive $ \ state0# -> 
+    let !(# state1#, dummy# #) 
+          = newByteArray# _0# state0# in
+    let !(# state2#, mutarr# #)
+          = newArray# iovlen# dummy# state1# in
+    let !(State state4#, _)
+          = foldl (\ (State state3#, idx@(I# idx#)) (MutableByteArray ba#) -> (State (writeArray# mutarr# idx# ba# state3#), idx + 1))
+                  (State state2#, 0)
+                  iovecs in
+    let !(# state5#, arr# #)
+          = unsafeFreezeArray# mutarr# state4# in
+    (# state5#, ArrayMutableByteArray arr# #)
+  (bytesRecv, newFlags, newControllen) <-
+    withMutableByteArrayContents control $ \ control' ->
+    with (fromIntegral controllen) $ \ controllen' ->
+    with namelen $ \ namelen' ->
+    with flags $ \ flags' -> do
+      bytesRecv <- fromIntegral <$> 
+        I.recvmsg# sockfd
+                   sockaddr# namelen'
+                   iov# offs# size# (fromIntegral iovlen)
+                   control' controllen'
+                   flags'
+      newFlags   <- peek flags'
+      newControllen
+                 <- peek controllen'
+      return (bytesRecv, newFlags, newControllen)
+  shrinkMutableByteArray control (fromIntegral newControllen)
+  frozenControl <- unsafeFreezeByteArray control
+  return (bytesRecv, newFlags, decodeAncillaryData frozenControl)
+  where !iovlen@(I# iovlen#) = length iovecs
+        !(I# _0#) = 0
+        !(PrimArray offs#) = fromList offs
+        !(PrimArray size#) = fromList size
+
+-- | Shutdown all or part of of a duplex connection
+shutdown :: Socket -> ShutHow -> IO ()
+shutdown = I.shutdown . unSocket
diff --git a/test/codegen/Main.hs b/test/codegen/Main.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/codegen/Main.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+module Main where
+import Netw.Inet
+import System.Exit
+
+main :: IO ()
+main
+  | and tests = exitSuccess
+  | otherwise = exitFailure
+  where tests = [ IPPORT_TCPMUX == 1
+                , IPPORT_QOTD   == 17 ]
diff --git a/test/msgs/Main.hs b/test/msgs/Main.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/msgs/Main.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedLists #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ViewPatterns #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE LambdaCase #-}
+module Main (main) where
+import Netw.Socket
+import Netw.SockAddr
+
+import Control.Monad
+
+import Data.Bits
+import Data.Word
+import Data.Primitive
+
+import System.Posix
+
+import System.Exit
+
+clientMain :: FilePath -> IO ()
+clientMain sunPath = do
+  server <- socket PF_UNIX SOCK_STREAM DefaultProtocol
+  connect server addr
+  
+  void (sendmsg server SockAddrNull [(msg, 0, sizeofByteArray msg)] [] zeroBits)
+
+  closeSocket server
+  where addr = SockAddrUn sunPath
+        msg  = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
+
+serverMain :: FilePath -> IO ()
+serverMain sunPath = do
+  server <- socket PF_UNIX SOCK_STREAM DefaultProtocol
+  bind server addr
+  listen server 1
+  
+  client <- accept_ server
+  buffer <- newByteArray 128
+  (bytesRecv, _, _) <- recvmsg_ client [(buffer, 0, 128)] 0 zeroBits
+
+  putStrLn $ "SERVER RECEIVED " ++ show bytesRecv ++ " BYTES"
+  shrinkMutableByteArray buffer bytesRecv
+  buffer' <- unsafeFreezeByteArray buffer
+  printByteArray buffer'
+
+  closeSocket client
+  
+  removeLink sunPath
+  closeSocket server
+  where addr = SockAddrUn sunPath
+
+printByteArray :: ByteArray -> IO ()
+printByteArray ba = putStr str
+  where str = foldrByteArray (\ (hex -> (h, l)) s -> '\\':'x':h:l:s) "" ba
+        hex :: Word8 -> (Char, Char)
+        hex w =
+          let hex' = \case 0  -> '0'; 1  -> '1'; 2  -> '2'; 3  -> '3'
+                           4  -> '4'; 5  -> '5'; 6  -> '6'; 7  -> '7'
+                           8  -> '8'; 9  -> '9'; 10 -> 'a'; 11 -> 'b'
+                           12 -> 'c'; 13 -> 'd'; 14 -> 'e'; 15 -> 'f'
+                           m  -> hex' (m `mod` 16)
+          in  (hex' (w `div` 16), hex' (w `mod` 16))
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+  s <- forkProcess (serverMain sunPath)
+  c <- forkProcess (clientMain sunPath)
+
+
+  serverExit <- maybe (fail "Server failure") return =<< getProcessStatus True True s
+  clientExit <- maybe (fail "Client failure") return =<< getProcessStatus True True c
+
+  case (serverExit, clientExit) of
+    (Exited ExitSuccess, Exited ExitSuccess) -> exitSuccess
+    _otherwise -> exitFailure
+  where sunPath = "/run/user/1000/test"
diff --git a/test/send-and-recv-msgs/Main.hs b/test/send-and-recv-msgs/Main.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/send-and-recv-msgs/Main.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedLists #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE ViewPatterns #-}
+module Main where
+import Netw.Socket
+import Netw.SockAddr 
+
+import Control.Monad
+
+import Data.Function
+import Data.Primitive
+import Data.Bits
+import Data.Word
+
+import System.Posix
+import System.Exit
+
+
+messages :: [ByteArray]
+messages = map mkByteArray [45, 742, 33, 554, 123, 74]
+  where mkByteArray len = byteArrayFromListN @Word8 len (take len (cycle [0..]))
+--messages =
+--  [[0x03, 0xf1, 0x44, 0x11]
+--  ,[0x5f, 0xc1, 0x02, 0xab]
+--  ,[0x1c, 0xa2, 0xbf, 0x7d]
+--  ,[0x33, 0x7d, 0x30, 0x0a]]
+
+serverPath :: FilePath
+serverPath = "/run/user/1000/unix-sock"
+
+server :: IO ()
+server = do
+  servSock <- socket PF_UNIX SOCK_STREAM DefaultProtocol
+  bind servSock (SockAddrUn serverPath)
+  listen servSock 1
+  clieSock <- accept_ servSock
+  
+  bufs <- mapM (\ (sizeofByteArray -> n) -> (, 0, n) <$> newByteArray n) messages
+  fix (\ recvmore buffers nbytes ->
+    let incrementBuffer 0 b      = b
+        incrementBuffer n (b:bs) =
+          let (mba, offs, size) = b
+          in  if size > n
+              then
+                (mba, offs + n, size - n):bs
+              else
+                incrementBuffer (n - size) bs
+        incrementBuffer n []
+          | n == 0    = []
+          | otherwise = error "Impossible"
+    in  when (nbytes > 0) $
+      do
+      (brecv, _, _) <- recvmsg_ clieSock buffers 0 zeroBits
+      recvmore (incrementBuffer brecv buffers) (nbytes - brecv)) bufs (sum (sizeofByteArray <$> messages))
+  receivedMessage <- mapM (\ (b, _, _) -> unsafeFreezeByteArray b) bufs
+  
+  print (if receivedMessage == messages then "Success" else "Failure")
+
+  closeSocket clieSock
+  closeSocket servSock
+  removeLink serverPath
+
+client :: IO ()
+client = do
+  servSock <- socket PF_UNIX SOCK_STREAM DefaultProtocol
+  connect servSock (SockAddrUn serverPath)
+  fix (\ sendmore buffers nbytes ->
+    let incrementBuffer 0 b      = b
+        incrementBuffer n (b:bs) =
+          let (mba, offs, size) = b
+          in  if size > n
+              then
+                (mba, offs + n, size - n):bs
+              else
+                incrementBuffer (n - size) bs
+        incrementBuffer n []
+          | n == 0    = []
+          | otherwise = error "Impossible"
+    in  when (nbytes > 0) $
+      do
+        bsent <- sendmsg servSock SockAddrNull buffers [] zeroBits
+        sendmore (incrementBuffer bsent buffers) (nbytes - bsent)) (map (\ b -> (b, 0, sizeofByteArray b)) messages) (sum (map sizeofByteArray messages))
+  closeSocket servSock
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+  s <- forkProcess server
+  c <- forkProcess client
+  serverExit <- maybe (fail "Server failure") return =<< getProcessStatus True True s
+  clientExit <- maybe (fail "Client failure") return =<< getProcessStatus True True c
+
+  case (serverExit, clientExit) of
+    (Exited ExitSuccess, Exited ExitSuccess) -> exitSuccess
+    _otherwise -> exitFailure
diff --git a/test/server-client/Main.hs b/test/server-client/Main.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/server-client/Main.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedLists #-}
+module Main (main) where
+
+import Netw.Socket
+import Netw.SockAddr
+
+import Control.Monad
+
+import Data.Function
+import Data.Bits
+import Data.Primitive
+
+import System.Exit
+import System.Posix
+
+serverMain :: FilePath -> IO ()
+serverMain sunPath = do
+  server <- socket PF_UNIX SOCK_STREAM DefaultProtocol
+  bind server addr
+  listen server 1
+  
+  client <- accept_ server
+  fix (\ again -> do
+    msg <- recvsome client 128 zeroBits
+    if sizeofByteArray msg > 0
+    then do
+      putStrLn ("SERVER RECEIVED " ++ show (sizeofByteArray msg) ++ " BYTES")
+      void (sendall client msg zeroBits)
+      again
+    else do
+      putStrLn "SERVER EXIT"
+      return ()
+    )
+  closeSocket client
+  
+  removeLink sunPath
+  closeSocket server
+  where addr = SockAddrUn sunPath
+        
+
+clientMain :: FilePath -> IO ()
+clientMain sunPath = do
+  server <- socket PF_UNIX SOCK_STREAM DefaultProtocol
+  connect server addr
+  void (sendall server [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15] zeroBits)
+  msg <- recvsome server 128 zeroBits 
+  putStrLn ("CLIENT RECEIVED " ++ show (sizeofByteArray msg) ++ " BYTES")
+  closeSocket server
+  where addr = SockAddrUn sunPath
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+  s <- forkProcess (serverMain sunPath)
+  c <- forkProcess (clientMain sunPath)
+  
+  serverExit <- maybe (fail "Server failure") return =<< getProcessStatus True True s
+  clientExit <- maybe (fail "Client failure") return =<< getProcessStatus True True c
+
+  case (serverExit, clientExit) of
+    (Exited ExitSuccess, Exited ExitSuccess) -> exitSuccess
+    _otherwise -> exitFailure
+  where sunPath = "/run/user/1000/test"
diff --git a/test/unix-scm-rights/Main.hs b/test/unix-scm-rights/Main.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unix-scm-rights/Main.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedLists #-}
+module Main (main) where
+import System.Posix.IO
+
+import System.Posix.Process
+
+import Netw.Socket
+import Netw.SockAddr
+import Netw.Ancillary
+
+import Control.Monad
+
+import Data.Bits
+import Data.List
+import Data.Primitive
+
+import System.Posix
+import System.Exit
+
+serverMain :: FilePath -> IO ()
+serverMain sunPath = do
+  server <- socket PF_UNIX SOCK_STREAM DefaultProtocol
+  bind server addr
+  listen server 1
+  
+  client <- accept_ server
+  buffer <- newByteArray 8
+  
+  (_, _, ancil) <- recvmsg_ client [(buffer, 0, 8)] 64 zeroBits
+  let x :: Maybe ScmRights = (\ a -> ancillaryData a) . fst =<< uncons ancil
+      y = case x of
+            Nothing ->
+              putStrLn "Failed to recv ancillary data"
+            Just (ScmRights fds) -> do
+              putStrLn "Received ancillary data"
+              print fds
+  y
+
+  closeSocket client
+  removeLink sunPath
+  closeSocket server
+  where addr = SockAddrUn sunPath
+        
+
+clientMain :: FilePath -> IO ()
+clientMain sunPath = do
+  server <- socket PF_UNIX SOCK_STREAM DefaultProtocol
+  connect server addr
+  fd <- openFd "/dev/null" WriteOnly Nothing defaultFileFlags
+  void (sendmsg server SockAddrNull [([0], 0, 1)] [mkAncillaryData (ScmRights [fd])] zeroBits)
+  closeSocket server
+  where addr = SockAddrUn sunPath
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do
+  s <- forkProcess (serverMain sunPath)
+  c <- forkProcess (clientMain sunPath)
+
+  serverExit <- maybe (fail "Server failure") return =<< getProcessStatus True True s
+  clientExit <- maybe (fail "Client failure") return =<< getProcessStatus True True c
+
+  case (serverExit, clientExit) of
+    (Exited ExitSuccess, Exited ExitSuccess) -> exitSuccess
+    _otherwise -> exitFailure
+
+  where sunPath = "/run/user/1000/test"
