[tcpdump-workers] Linux capture buffering

2009-05-10 Thread Asier Martínez
Hi to all, I'm a bit confused in which is the behavior of Libpcap under Linux when it is used to capture packets. If I'm not wrong, Libpcap under Linux ignores timeout argument to_ms, so, Libpcap is returning per captured packet?, or is doing some kind of buffering ? ( with standard and not modifie

Re: [tcpdump-workers] Linux capture buffering

2009-05-10 Thread Guy Harris
On May 10, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Asier Martínez wrote: I'm a bit confused in which is the behavior of Libpcap under Linux when it is used to capture packets. If I'm not wrong, Libpcap under Linux ignores timeout argument to_ms, so, Libpcap is returning per captured packet?, Libpcap, prior to 1.0,