hello,

on Thu 1/10/2008 3:20 AM  Guy Harris wrote:
> "Set receive buffer size at open time" could be implemented on most if  
> not all platforms - including platforms using BPF; it would require a  
> new "open a live capture" call, but that might be useful for other  
> purposes (e.g., to request monitor mode on 802.11 devices).  

I have some concerns about more the "open a live capture" call[s]: in the 
future it could be useful to set more parameters, so in the long run there 
could be a proliferation of such call. A possible solution would be to make the 
"open a live capture" call extensible, adding a generic parameter (like buffer 
filled with TLV items). Such buffer could be a read/write parameter to make it 
possible notify the called of which items has been ignored. I think that 
something like this has been suggested earlier. 

Obviously, the generic 'open live capture' implementation is far more flexible 
and complicated than my previous suggestion... Any comments/feedback is, as 
usual, welcome.

ciao,

Paolo
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