Abeni Paolo wrote:
Yes, they can be used. The USB capture use a character device which implement
the poll interface.
My main concern is with mmapped access. Presumably, with mmapped
access, there are still system calls that move a "these packets have
been read" pointer and that block until
hello,
on 14/12/2007 9.24 Guy Harris wrote:
> If, in pcap_open_live(), live_open_mmap() succeeds,
> handle->selectable_fd doesn't get set.
Oops... I missed this point... I'm going to fix this in the next version of the
patch, but first I will wait a bit more for other comments/issues. The mappe
Paolo Abeni wrote:
Any comments on this matter or on the patch are very welcome !
If, in pcap_open_live(), live_open_mmap() succeeds,
handle->selectable_fd doesn't get set.
This will break, among other programs, the current version of Wireshark,
and the upcoming version of Wireshark. (A s