[tcpdump-workers] select()ing on a pcap descriptor in Solaris

Folks, While trying to select() on a pcap descriptor in solaris, I found the following: 1) It seems that pcap descriptors are never readable or writeable. (-- This is different from *BSD and Linux, where at least you seem to be able to check for readability) 2) It would seem that even trying to

Re: [tcpdump-workers] select()ing on a pcap descriptor in Solaris

On Aug 14, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Fernando Gont wrote: > While trying to select() on a pcap descriptor in solaris Which version? Solaris 11 (in which pcap descriptors should refer to BPF devices), or earlier (in which pcap descriptors should refer to DLPI STREAMS devices)? > I found the followin

Re: [tcpdump-workers] select()ing on a pcap descriptor in Solaris

Hi, Guy, On 08/14/2014 06:01 PM, Guy Harris wrote: > > On Aug 14, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Fernando Gont > wrote: > >> While trying to select() on a pcap descriptor in solaris > > Which version? Solaris 11 (in which pcap descriptors should refer to > BPF devices), or earlier (in which pcap descripto