PollDevice and FromDevice...

George V. Neville-Neil gnn at windriver.com
Thu May 24 14:03:23 EDT 2001


> Hey guys,
> 
> Currently FromDevice and PollDevice differ in one important way. 
> 
> FromDevice emits packets AFTER packet sniffers (such as tcpdump) get a copy
> of the packet. PollDevice emits packets BEFORE packet sniffers get the
> packet.
> 
> I think that we should regularize this, and I think that PollDevice's
> behavior is right. Any other opinions?

I'm in agreement with you, sniffers come after the packets get into
the system via the device.  

Later,
George





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