[PATCH v3] examples/rpcapd: demo version of packet capture daemon

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Mon, 28 Sep 2026 17:18:40 +0100
Marat Khalili <qm2k21 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Summarizing the exchange to v2, our own copy of rpcap-protocol.h is 
> unavoidable here since one included in libpcap is an internal header 
> that is not installed by design (irrespective of package maintainers). I 
> am ready to ack the patch after this is clarified in the code to prevent 
> other people from being similarly confused since situation with the 
> dependencies here is quite complex.
> 
> My request to better mark sections of main.c responsible for different 
> concerns still stands, but is not a show stopper. Same for my request to 
> make it a part of dpdk-testpmd instead of a secondary process. Anyone 
> interested can probably do either or both locally in half an hour in a 
> code agent anyway.
> 

I have a new version which has more features and splits up the code.