netdev - Re: kenel level packet capturing

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Message-Id: <20111213.133629.1213042365300662857.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:36:29 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	raviraj.j1991@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	netfilter@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kenel level packet capturing

From: raviraj joshi <raviraj.j1991@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:34:22 +0530

> We have decided to use PF_RING(a kernel module to capture packets) for
> the same due to the number of advantages.

What "advantages"?  The AF_PACKET socket layer already upstream in the
kernel supports every relevant performance feature PF_RING does, and
then some.
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