Re: is CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP always a win?

From: David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Date: Fri Feb 22 2002 - 00:59:25 EST


   From: Dan Kegel <dank@kegel.com>
   Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 17:51:20 -0800

   What's the best way to retrieve raw packets from the kernel?
   
   a) use libpcap
 ...
   b) use af_packet
 ...
   c) enable CONFIG_PACKET_MMAP, use PACKET_RX_RING
   
   If I understand it right, b costs one memcpy and one recv, and c costs
   two memcpys. Which one wins?

"a" should be doing "c" when it is available in the kernel.
If not, get a newer copy of the libpcap sources, preferably
from Alexey's site:

ftp.inr.ac.ru:/ip-routing/
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