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doc: remove out of date links and info from packet mmap

The packet_mmap documentation had links to no longer existing web
sites; replace with other site which has similar example.

Support for packet mmap has been in mainline versions of libpcap
for several years.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Stephen Hemminger 7 ani în urmă
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      Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt

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Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt

@@ -7,15 +7,12 @@ socket interface on 2.4/2.6/3.x kernels. This type of sockets is used for
 i) capture network traffic with utilities like tcpdump, ii) transmit network
 i) capture network traffic with utilities like tcpdump, ii) transmit network
 traffic, or any other that needs raw access to network interface.
 traffic, or any other that needs raw access to network interface.
 
 
-You can find the latest version of this document at:
-    http://wiki.ipxwarzone.com/index.php5?title=Linux_packet_mmap
-
 Howto can be found at:
 Howto can be found at:
-    http://wiki.gnu-log.net (packet_mmap)
+    https://sites.google.com/site/packetmmap/
 
 
 Please send your comments to
 Please send your comments to
     Ulisses Alonso Camaró <uaca@i.hate.spam.alumni.uv.es>
     Ulisses Alonso Camaró <uaca@i.hate.spam.alumni.uv.es>
-    Johann Baudy <johann.baudy@gnu-log.net>
+    Johann Baudy
 
 
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 + Why use PACKET_MMAP
 + Why use PACKET_MMAP
@@ -51,17 +48,8 @@ From the user standpoint, you should use the higher level libpcap library, which
 is a de facto standard, portable across nearly all operating systems
 is a de facto standard, portable across nearly all operating systems
 including Win32. 
 including Win32. 
 
 
-Said that, at time of this writing, official libpcap 0.8.1 is out and doesn't include
-support for PACKET_MMAP, and also probably the libpcap included in your distribution. 
-
-I'm aware of two implementations of PACKET_MMAP in libpcap:
-
-    http://wiki.ipxwarzone.com/		     (by Simon Patarin, based on libpcap 0.6.2)
-    http://public.lanl.gov/cpw/              (by Phil Wood, based on lastest libpcap)
-
-The rest of this document is intended for people who want to understand
-the low level details or want to improve libpcap by including PACKET_MMAP
-support.
+Packet MMAP support was integrated into libpcap around the time of version 1.3.0;
+TPACKET_V3 support was added in version 1.5.0
 
 
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 + How to use mmap() directly to improve capture process
 + How to use mmap() directly to improve capture process
@@ -174,7 +162,7 @@ As capture, each frame contains two parts:
  /* bind socket to eth0 */
  /* bind socket to eth0 */
  bind(this->socket, (struct sockaddr *)&my_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll));
  bind(this->socket, (struct sockaddr *)&my_addr, sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll));
 
 
- A complete tutorial is available at: http://wiki.gnu-log.net/
+ A complete tutorial is available at: https://sites.google.com/site/packetmmap/
 
 
 By default, the user should put data at :
 By default, the user should put data at :
  frame base + TPACKET_HDRLEN - sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll)
  frame base + TPACKET_HDRLEN - sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll)