Re: tcpdump and libpcap releases, and future thoughts

[Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ca>]

Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> wrote:
    > On Sep 3, 2014, at 12:34 PM, Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ca>
    > wrote:

    >> It seems that we might need more patches to better select Linux memory
    >> mapped packet choices?

    > I'd prefer a patch that reduces or the removes the *need* to do so,
    > such as this patch, which I'm in the process of testing (yes, I already
    > mentioned the problem on linux-netdev, but nobody else has looked much
    > at the issues):

My logic is that if we have the switch/env-var to force libpcap to use a
particular method, that permits not only benchmarking, but also isolation of
bugs easier.

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