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Re: Improving the data supplied by BPF



On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 03:35:19AM +1100, Darren Reed wrote:
> 
> This set of diffs attempts to address that by introducing a new BPF
> record format that the kernel may make. At present this is enabled
> by issuing an ioctl that could effectively be turned into something
> that "tuned" the data format provided to applications. The other way
> I thought of providing a different format was to create a /dev/ebpf,
> but that meant a whole lot more trouble.

I have an immediate use for this and am very glad you did the work.

I hope this is checked in to NetBSD.

Thank you!

Thor


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