svn commit: r272659 - in head: contrib/libpcap lib/libpcap

[John-Mark Gurney]

Luigi Rizzo wrote this message on Mon, Oct 06, 2014 at 15:48 +0000:
> Author: luigi
> Date: Mon Oct  6 15:48:28 2014
> New Revision: 272659
> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/272659
> 
> Log:
>   Add netmap support to libpcap. Tcpdump and other native pcap application can now
>   run directly on netmap ports using netmap:foo or valeXX:YY device names.
>   Modifications to existing code are small and trivial, the netmap-specific
>   code is all in a new file.
>   
>   Please be aware that in netmap mode the physical interface is disconnected from
>   the host stack, so libpcap will steal the traffic not just make a copy.
>   
>   For the full version of the code (including linux and autotools support) see
>   	https://code.google.com/p/netmap-libpcap/
>   
>   MFC after:	3 days

Please update man page before merging...  Specificly w/ the warning
about stealing the traffic, but also include general use too...

Thanks.

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