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Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 13:58:45 -0600
From: Christian Peron <csjp@freebsd.org>
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Subject: Re: [heads-up] zero-copy bpf enabled by default
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I probably should have mentioned:

To disable zero-copy:

sysctl net.bpf.zerocopy_enable=0

Also, it is only enabled for processes which use libpcap.

On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 01:46:06PM -0600, Christian Peron wrote:
> This is a heads up that we have flipped the switch to enable
> zerocopy bpf by default in head.  If there are any issues let
> myself or rwatson@ know.
> 
> Cheers!