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What is the interface to Sniffer10G v2?

The Sniffer10G packet capture capabilities can be leveraged through two interfaces:

  • the libpcap library interface, or

  • the Sniffer10G SNF API, which is available as a set of C programming language functions.

Using a SNF-aware libpcap, users reference a Myri-10G network adapter through its Ethernet interface name and then can run existing libpcap-dependent applications, relying on libpcap’s portable interface. For more advanced usage, the SNF API can be directly targeted by user applications. In both use cases, network access via the SNF interface to the Myri-10G network adapter, rather than via the standard kernel access, provides higher performance.


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