Donour Sizemore wrote: > Project Name: PF PACKET (pfpack) > > Project Synopsis: > > Implement PF_PACKET API for socket access to MAC layer. > > Project Purpose: > > The current method to send and receive packets from the MAC layer is to > use DLPI (STREAMS). No socket alternative exists. Linux provides a > special socket type, PF_PACKET for applications that wish to monitor > network traffic or inject packets directly onto the wire. > > This project aims to provide an API that is both compatible with > existing socket applications using PF_PACKET and better performance that > the DLPI. A prototype was built this summer (2008) using the newly > developed Volo framework. The intent here is to build an actual Volo > module that is feature complete and production quality. > > Such a module can also be used for testing the performance of other > parts of the stack because all protocol processing is bypassed. > > Proposed Sponsors: Networking > > Participants: > > Donour Sizemore > > Other Participants: > > Darren Reed > Rao Shoaib > Eric Cheng > >
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