Apparently the libpcap Debian maintainer rejected adding the new libibverbs dependency:
> So far I've resisted adding extra binary dependencies to > libpcap and this seems like a very specialized use case. We could in principle add the dependency via an Ubuntu delta (the library is in main), but given that the package is currently a sync I believe that we need a use case that is compelling enough to justify the increased maintenance that comes with carrying a delta. @Amir: can you please elaborate a bit more on the use case for which you need rdma sniffing? Is the feature going to be generally useful? Once we get a better picture on why the feature is useful, I suggest trying once again to get it enabled in Debian by providing additional information to the Debian maintainer (the linked Debian bug doesn't explain much). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2006557 Title: Enable rdma-sniffer for libpcap Status in libpcap package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in linux source package in Lunar: Invalid Status in libpcap package in Debian: Won't Fix Bug description: Hi, The request is to build and configure stock package libpcap with rdma-sniffer enabled. We'd like users of rdma devices to be able to sniff on them using stock tcpdump. Currently when using default tcpdump It does not list rdma devices. $ tcpdump -D |grep -i rdma $ when using locally build tcpdump (with rdma enabled) $ cd <tcpdump source folder> $ ./tcpdump -D |grep -i rdma 24.rocep4s0 (RDMA sniffer) 25.rocep7s0f0 (RDMA sniffer) 26.rocep7s0f1 (RDMA sniffer) 27.rocep10s0f0 (RDMA sniffer) 28.rocep10s0f1 (RDMA sniffer) 29.rocep33s0f0 (RDMA sniffer) 30.rocep33s0f1 (RDMA sniffer) 31.rocep36s0f0 (RDMA sniffer) 32.ibp36s0f1 (RDMA sniffer) Locally build steps: clone sources: $ mkdir tcpdumpbuild $ cd tcpdumpbuild/ $ git clone https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/tcpdump.git $ git clone https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap.git install required packages (including rdma packages so libpcap is built with rdma enabled): $ apt install flex bison librdmacm-dev librdmacm1 rdma-core rdmacm-utils configure and build $ cd libpcap $ ./autogen.sh $ ./configure --enable-rdma=yes $ make cd ../tcpdump/ ./autogen.sh ./configure $ make now ./tcpdump -D can show rdma devices. Thanks ! To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libpcap/+bug/2006557/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
