Re: TDMA / Interrupts / Pre-emptible

2007-12-08 Thread Len Gross
On Dec 7, 2007 2:46 AM, Harti Brandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, Bruce M. Simpson wrote: > > BMS>I can't comment on kernel scheduler jitter though, so someone who is > working > BMS>directly in that area will hopefully respond -- arch@ or hackers@ > might be a > BMS>better pla

Re: Aggregating many ports into one for tcpdump server. (also sampling before libpcap)

2007-12-08 Thread Peter Wood
Thats why you combine if_bridge with monitor mode, any incoming packets are discarded after bpf processing so they are never sent to opposing devices. Aha, using monitor mode hadn't occured to me, based on previous discussion I was going to do more research on Monday, but thanks Andrew you've

Re: Aggregating many ports into one for tcpdump server. (also sampling before libpcap)

2007-12-08 Thread Andrew Thompson
On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 10:35:11AM +, Peter Wood wrote: > Morning, > > >>> Looking thru the archives, it seems ng_one2many (in this case > >>> 'many2one') is what I am looking for. Am I barking the right tree > here? > > Strangely enough this is the exact situation I was looking into on Frida

Re: Aggregating many ports into one for tcpdump server. (also sampling before libpcap)

2007-12-08 Thread Peter Wood
Morning, >>> Looking thru the archives, it seems ng_one2many (in this case >>> 'many2one') is what I am looking for. Am I barking the right tree here? Strangely enough this is the exact situation I was looking into on Friday for two mirror ports from our border routers via aggregation switc