On 10/10/2024 3:21 AM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Thu, 10 Oct 2024 03:14:48 +0100 > Ferruh Yigit <ferruh.yi...@amd.com> wrote: > >> On 9/5/2024 5:10 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote: >>> Use pcap_next_ex rather than just pcap_next because pcap_next >>> always blocks if there is no packets to receive. >>> >> >> Hi Stephen, >> >> Do you know if using 'pcap_next_ex()' (instead of 'pcap_next()') has any >> dependency impact? >> Like can we rely that all libraries that support 'pcap_next()', also >> supports 'pcap_next_ex()'? > > The code depends on libpcap, and that API has been in pcap since the > early days. See it in a version from 2003! >
Thanks for confirming. I assume it is same with the 'iphlpapi' that windows uses. Let wait a little more, it would be good if we get a test result from Ofer first.
