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Date:      Wed, 24 May 2006 11:55:02 -0400
From:      Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/amd64/amd64 bpf_jit_machdep.c bpf_jit_machdep.h src/sys/conf files files.amd64 files.i386 options.amd64 options.i386 src/sys/i386/i386 bpf_jit_machdep.c bpf_jit_machdep.h src/sys/net bpf.c bpf_jitter.c bpf_jitter.h bpfdesc.h
Message-ID:  <200605241155.04107.jkim@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060524153540.E48623@fledge.watson.org>
References:  <200512060258.jB62wCnk084452@repoman.freebsd.org> <20060524153540.E48623@fledge.watson.org>

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On Wednesday 24 May 2006 10:36 am, Robert Watson wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Jung-uk Kim wrote:
> >  Add experimental BPF Just-In-Time compiler for amd64 and i386.
> >
> >  Use the following kernel configuration option to enable:
> >
> >          options BPF_JITTER
> >
> >  If you want to use bpf_filter() instead (e. g., debugging), do:
> >
> >          sysctl net.bpf.jitter.enable=0
> >
> >  to turn it off.
> >
> >  Currently BIOCSETWF and bpf_mtap2() are unsupported, and
> > bpf_mtap() is partially supported because 1) no need, 2) avoid
> > expensive m_copydata(9).
> >
> >  Obtained from:  WinPcap 3.1 (for i386)
>
> Do you have any plans to MFC this to RELENG_6?

Currently I have no plan to MFC because it lacks man pages and more 
importantly, I'd like to optimize jumps.  It won't take long but my 
day job has been pretty busy recently. :-(

> I've had a question about getting it up and running for intrusion
> detection / network monitoring.

Feel free to ask.

Jung-uk Kim



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