Re: RFC: a loadable plugin framework for external capture backends

[Guy Harris <gharris () sonic net>]

On Oct 2, 2026, at 7:10 AM, Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ca> wrote:

> Robin Jarry <rjarry () redhat com> wrote:
>
> > That rejoins what Bill was proposing: change builtin backends to use that
> > plugin API. That way, it will be tested.
>
> I am for the above, but I thought Bill was proposing that pcap.h was the API.

I think he's proposing a (possibly-improper) subset of pcap-int.h, possibly with extensions to support registering 
modules, as the plugin API. Some or all of the pcapint_ routines would probably have their names changed, to reflect 
that they're now being exported to their-party plugins, and be declared in a pcap/module.h (or whatever) header.
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