On Jun 5, 2013, at 7:50 AM, Ivan Voras <ivo...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On 04/06/2013 23:06, Chao Xu wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Is it possible to hacking some wireless NIC driver (carl9170 for example) >> to enable netmap on it? I guess this is possible because wireless drivers >> also manage packets using ring buffers. My goal is to access the raw >> packets as quickly as possible, not to achieve high data rate. Is there any >> argument against doing so? Thank you. > > Would using netmap on a wireless NIC make sense at all? There is no way that > current wifi technologies could achieve the PPS rates at which you would need > netmap, and there already are other ways (e.g. pcap) to > access raw packets. 802.11ad and 8 antenna 802.11ac could pass 7gbps, in theory. _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
