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From 5cbf42acb616a34d5e41f03b881f8552e08855a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
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From: Martin Sehnoutka <msehnout@redhat.com>
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Date: Thu, 4 May 2017 12:31:21 +0200
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Subject: [PATCH] Make the default capture buffer bigger.
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---
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capture_opts.h | 2 +-
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doc/dumpcap.pod | 4 ++--
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doc/tshark.pod | 4 ++--
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doc/wireshark.pod.template | 4 ++--
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4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/capture_opts.h b/capture_opts.h
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index c2f41d2..29a7132 100644
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--- a/capture_opts.h
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+++ b/capture_opts.h
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@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ extern void
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collect_ifaces(capture_options *capture_opts);
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/* Default capture buffer size in Mbytes. */
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-#define DEFAULT_CAPTURE_BUFFER_SIZE 2
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+#define DEFAULT_CAPTURE_BUFFER_SIZE 4
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#ifdef __cplusplus
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}
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diff --git a/doc/dumpcap.pod b/doc/dumpcap.pod
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index e1dc293..090cd53 100644
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--- a/doc/dumpcap.pod
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+++ b/doc/dumpcap.pod
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@@ -114,11 +114,11 @@ of size one megabyte each.
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=item -B E<lt>capture buffer sizeE<gt>
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-Set capture buffer size (in MiB, default is 2 MiB). This is used by
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+Set capture buffer size (in MiB, default is 4 MiB). This is used by
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the capture driver to buffer packet data until that data can be written
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to disk. If you encounter packet drops while capturing, try to increase
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this size. Note that, while B<Dumpcap> attempts to set the buffer size
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-to 2 MiB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the
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+to 4 MiB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the
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system or interface on which you're capturing might silently limit the
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capture buffer size to a lower value or raise it to a higher value.
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diff --git a/doc/tshark.pod b/doc/tshark.pod
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index ba06225..38c43dd 100644
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--- a/doc/tshark.pod
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+++ b/doc/tshark.pod
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@@ -214,11 +214,11 @@ of size one megabyte each.
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=item -B E<lt>capture buffer sizeE<gt>
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-Set capture buffer size (in MiB, default is 2 MiB). This is used by
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+Set capture buffer size (in MiB, default is 4 MiB). This is used by
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the capture driver to buffer packet data until that data can be written
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to disk. If you encounter packet drops while capturing, try to increase
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this size. Note that, while B<Tshark> attempts to set the buffer size
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-to 2 MiB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the
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+to 4 MiB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the
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system or interface on which you're capturing might silently limit the
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capture buffer size to a lower value or raise it to a higher value.
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diff --git a/doc/wireshark.pod.template b/doc/wireshark.pod.template
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index 130e7ef..1e9681f 100644
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--- a/doc/wireshark.pod.template
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+++ b/doc/wireshark.pod.template
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@@ -280,11 +280,11 @@ of size one megabyte each.
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=item -B E<lt>capture buffer sizeE<gt>
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-Set capture buffer size (in MiB, default is 2 MiB). This is used by
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+Set capture buffer size (in MiB, default is 4 MiB). This is used by
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the capture driver to buffer packet data until that data can be written
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to disk. If you encounter packet drops while capturing, try to increase
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this size. Note that, while B<Wireshark> attempts to set the buffer size
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-to 2 MiB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the
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+to 4 MiB by default, and can be told to set it to a larger value, the
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system or interface on which you're capturing might silently limit the
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capture buffer size to a lower value or raise it to a higher value.
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--
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2.9.3
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