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Bug#245995: marked as done (RFP: libpcap-mmap -- PACKET_MMAP enabled version of libpcap)

Your message dated Sat, 19 Feb 2011 16:26:41 -0500
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and subject line libpcap-mmap is no longer needed
has caused the Debian Bug report #245995,
regarding RFP: libpcap-mmap -- PACKET_MMAP enabled version of libpcap
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Package: libpcap0.7
Version: 0.7.2-5
Severity: wishlist

Starting from kernel 2.4.25 (and 2.6.5?) an option exists to enable the
MMAP feature of packet sockets.  In 2.4.26 a file
Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt exists that explains the issue.

However, in order to use it, you need libpcacp support.  Phil Wood is
maintaining a patch against libpcap 0.8, and now also against 1.0 at
 <http://public.lanl.gov/cpw/>.

Can we have it in Debian?

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=it_IT@euro (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)

Versions of packages libpcap0.7 depends on:
ii  libc6                       2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an

-- no debconf information

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upstream libpcap version >= 1.0 (which is now in the archive) supports
PACKET_MMAP captures on linux, so the libpcap-mmap fork is no longer
needed.

-- 
Robert Edmonds
edmonds@debian.org

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