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On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 03:08:03PM -0800, Jonathan Stone wrote:
> How about this as a compromise:
>=20
>   1. bump the `default' bpf buffersize for naive apps to 32k, and the def=
ault
>      limit (bpf_maxbufersize)  to 256k.
>=20
>   2. Make the run-time values sysctl'able (or at least patchable,
>     since I dont really grok Andew's dynamic sysctl API).
>=20
>   3. Pull in the binary-search heuristic to  bpf-pcap's  live-capture
>     routine. Have it search (via BIOCSBLEN) all the way up to a humungous
>     size, say 4Mbytes. That way, root can set larger values via patch/sys=
ctl
>    (or dynamic boot-time sizing, if someone wants to add it)
>     without requiring recompilation of libpcap.

This sounds good, especially if sysctl'able.

--
Dan.

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