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Petri Helenius wrote:

> Is there a port of libpcap? The system tcpdump seems to be out of synch 
> with libpcap already
> since tcpdump has been imported once after last libpcap import.
> 
> And as said before, libpcap in the system contains the bug which 
> severely limits itīs usefulness in
> larger bandwidth environments.

What are the chances of Phil Wood's patches getting ported?
Or am I mistaken in thinking they would help solve the
bandwidth limitation imposed by buffer management?