[Qemu-devel] Re: [PATCH] networking using libpcap

[Sebastian Herbszt]

> I just discovered this patch
>
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-emulation/2007-February/003107.html
>
> that implements network access using libpcap. Works perfect for me and 
> allows access to the local Ethernet right out of the box, very much 
> unlike tap and bridging. The attached version applies to trunk.

I have modified (e.g. got rid of threads) the original patch from the forum and
am using it here on Windows. It works fine but performance is pretty low.

> +ifdef CONFIG_PCAP
> +LIBS+=-lpcap
> +endif

On Windows it should be -lwpcap.

+    if ((fd = pcap_get_selectable_fd(s->handle)) < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "qemu: pcap_get_selectable_fd failed\n");
+ goto fail;
+    }
+    qemu_set_fd_handler(fd, pcap_send, NULL, s);

pcap_get_selectable_fd() is not available on Windows. I just put
pcap_send() in main_loop_wait().

- Sebastian