Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2001 07:47:35 +1200 From: Joerg Micheel <joerg@cs.waikato.ac.nz> To: Andrey Simonenko <simon@comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libpcap and pthreads Message-ID: <20010719074735.H94236@cs.waikato.ac.nz> In-Reply-To: <012001c10f85$08ae6b40$6d36120a@comsys.ntukpi.kiev.ua>; from simon@comsys.ntu-kpi.kiev.ua on Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 04:27:39PM %2B0400 References: <012001c10f85$08ae6b40$6d36120a@comsys.ntukpi.kiev.ua>
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Privjet Andrey, On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 04:27:39PM +0400, Andrey Simonenko wrote: > Is it possible to use libpcap with pthreads? > (I want to use just pcap_dispatch() function) I very much doubt so. It's not possible to use it in any kind of multithreaded applications, even with select() scenarios. They implement the Highlander principle - there can be only one (pcap). Sad. Joerg -- Joerg B. Micheel Email: <joerg@cs.waikato.ac.nz> WAND and NLANR MOAT Email: <joerg@nlanr.net> The University of Waikato, CompScience Phone: +64 7 8384794 Private Bag 3105 Fax: +64 7 8585095 Hamilton, New Zealand Plan: PMA, TINE and the DAG's To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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