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Subject: Re: [tcpdump-workers] Buffer size question
From: Ed Maste <emaste () phaedrus ! sandvine ! ca>
Date: 2004-10-19 1:49:43
Message-ID: 20041019014943.GA3961 () sandvine ! com
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On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 04:37:41PM -0700, Guy Harris wrote:
> Including such an argument at the time the new API is introduced
> obviously doesn't introduce compatibility issues for that API. :-)
> (I'm actually thinking of an attribute/value list for various open
> options in the API, so that additional "arguments" can be introduced as
> desired without requiring API changes.)
I think that's a great idea. The promisc option could then use the
same method. Bruce Simpson posted (here and to freebsd-net) a patch to
add an ioctl to control timestamp behaviour which would also be
nicely handled with an attribute/value list scheme.
Ed Maste
Sandvine Inc.
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