+/**
+ * @}
+ * @defgroup Waiting Waiting for events
+ * @{
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Allocate storage for a set of events.
+ *
+ * The user should allocate a variable of type struct sp_event_set *,
+ * then pass a pointer to this variable to receive the result.
+ *
+ * The result should be freed after use by calling sp_free_event_set().
+ *
+ * @return SP_OK upon success, a negative error code otherwise.
+ */
+enum sp_return sp_new_event_set(struct sp_event_set **result_ptr);
+
+/**
+ * Add events to a struct sp_event_set for a given port.
+ *
+ * The port must first be opened by calling sp_open() using the same port
+ * structure.
+ *
+ * After the port is closed or the port structure freed, the results may
+ * no longer be valid.
+ *
+ * @param event_set Event set to update.
+ * @param port Pointer to port structure.
+ * @param mask Bitmask of events to be waited for.
+ *
+ * @return SP_OK upon success, a negative error code otherwise.
+ */
+enum sp_return sp_add_port_events(struct sp_event_set *event_set,
+ const struct sp_port *port, enum sp_event mask);
+
+/**
+ * Wait for any of a set of events to occur.
+ *
+ * @param handles Event set to wait on.
+ * @param timeout Timeout in milliseconds, or zero to wait indefinitely.
+ *
+ * @return SP_OK upon success, a negative error code otherwise.
+ */
+enum sp_return sp_wait(struct sp_event_set *event_set, unsigned int timeout);
+
+/**
+ * Free a structure allocated by sp_new_event_set().
+ */
+void sp_free_event_set(struct sp_event_set *event_set);
+