This is correct. Winpcap 3.0 and subsequent releases are SMP safe. We have done some work to optimize the capture on SMP systems in the released versions, by using multiple kernel buffers, one for each CPU, but we haven't yet tested the performance improvement.
Have a nice day GV ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 4:22 PM Subject: RE: [WinPcap-users] clarification on SMP issue My experience is that this means that the NPF driver works without crashing. In versions prior to 3.0, it crashed on an SMP system. --- Steighton Haley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Engineer "There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary, and those who don't." > -----Original Message----- > From: G�ran Backlund [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 4:00 PM > To: winpcap-list > Subject: [WinPcap-users] clarification on SMP issue > > "The support for SMP machines has been included starting from > version 3.0." From winpcap FAQ... > > Does this mean that the NPF-driver merely WORK (i.e not crash > or anything), or does it actually benefits from running on a > SMP system? > > Best regards, > G�ran > > > ====================== > This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > To unsubscribe use > mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ====================== > ====================== This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To unsubscribe use mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ====================== ================================================================= This is the WinPcap users list. It is archived at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To unsubscribe use mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================================
