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diff --git a/open_issues/bpf.mdwn b/open_issues/bpf.mdwn index 2a8c897a..e24d761b 100644 --- a/open_issues/bpf.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/bpf.mdwn @@ -562,3 +562,26 @@ This is a collection of resources concerning *Berkeley Packet Filter*s. DDE accordingly <braunr> antrik: i agree <braunr> antrik: eth-multiplexer would be the right place + + +## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-04-24 + + <gnu_srs> braunr: Is BPF fully supported by now? Can it be used for + isc-dhcp? + <braunr> gnu_srs: bpf isn't supported at all + <braunr> gnu_srs: instead of emulating it, i added a hurd-specific module + in libpcap + <braunr> if isc-dhcp can use libpcap, then fine + <braunr> (otherwise we could create a hurd-specific patch for dhcp that + uses the in-kernel bpf filter implementation) + <braunr> gnu_srs: can't it use a raw socket ? + <youpi> it can + <youpi> it's just that the shape of the patch to do so wasn't exactly how + they needed it + <youpi> so they have to rework it a bit + <youpi> and that takes time + <braunr> ok + <braunr> antrik: for now, we prefer encapsulating the system specific code + in libpcap, and let users of that library benefit from it + <braunr> instead of implementing the low level bpf interface, which + nonetheless has some system-specific variants .. |