[ovs-dev] [PATCH] netdev implementation for FreeBSD

[Ben Pfaff]

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 02:20:08PM -0400, Ed Maste wrote:
> > It's a little sad that the pcap architecture means that we have to do
> > an extra copy of the packet.
> 
> Yes.  With more significant changes to the overall netdev datapath we
> could eventually eliminate these copies, but for now we're hoping for
> a minimally invasive change set.

I'm happy with that.

> > My docs for libpcap mention a "pcap_next_ex" function that can be used
> > to distinguish errors from no available packets.  That might be easier
> > to use than pcap_dispatch().
> 
> Yes, this looks like a sensible change.  Any objection to having that
> come in as a subsequent commit?

OK.

> Thanks again for the review and feedback!

You're welcome.  I look forward to the next version.