On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 10:56:30AM -0600, Guy Helmer wrote: > The problem is probably due to the poll system call that the threaded > library does before performing the read(). In the non-threaded case, the > read() returns when the timeout is hit; in the threaded case, the threaded > library's poll() has to succeed before the read system call will be > executed, and poll() won't succeed until the buffer is full. > > If you would like to try this patch (relative to FreeBSD 4.3) to > /sys/net/bpf.c and /sys/net/bpfdesc.h and let me know if it helps, I will > add this patch to PR 22063 and perhaps commit it if it passes review.
It works like a charm now! Thanks for this. It's really really nice to have a 'proper' working application now :-) I would be happy if you could get this fixed in the source-tree, so that I (and other people of course) can enjoy the charms of bpf-access in a threaded environment! Edwin -- Edwin Groothuis | Personal website: http://www.MavEtJu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Interested in MUDs? Visit Fatal Dimensions: ------------------+ http://www.FatalDimensions.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
