Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 12:58:47 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Rajesh P Jain <rpjain_1977@eudoramail.com> Cc: <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: BPF - Packet Reception Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0111261257230.60419-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <FMMCJOMGFAACCAAA@shared1-mail.whowhere.com>
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On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Rajesh P Jain wrote: > We are trying to use BPF (Packet Filter) pseduo device to send and > receive the packets. > Even if there is a slight delay (Some processing has to be done on > the read packet) between the issuing of 'read' call, so many packets are > getting dropped. BPF isn't a high-performance interface. If you need something faster, you should add your code to the kernel network stack. Then you will get a call to your code for every packet input of the type you're looking for. Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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