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authorBalint Reczey <balint@balintreczey.hu>2013-08-23 18:11:47 +0000
committerBalint Reczey <balint@balintreczey.hu>2013-08-23 18:11:47 +0000
commitbaaa0eb1a0dfe71646367f58c0148ed4a84d14b6 (patch)
treebd2369141e07b5ef9e5cd8e850fbbaa59b1513fa /docbook
parentc431ae3d816b7d6c53bda04cfd702add8d12b223 (diff)
downloadwireshark-baaa0eb1a0dfe71646367f58c0148ed4a84d14b6.tar.gz
Mention BPF JIT in User Guide
svn path=/trunk/; revision=51492
Diffstat (limited to 'docbook')
-rw-r--r--docbook/user-guide.xml5
-rw-r--r--docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_capture.xml8
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docbook/user-guide.xml b/docbook/user-guide.xml
index e301a721a1..e93754f1d4 100644
--- a/docbook/user-guide.xml
+++ b/docbook/user-guide.xml
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ Tcpdump Info
<!ENTITY TcpdumpManpage "&TcpdumpWebsite;/tcpdump_man.html">
<!--
+Misc Info
+-->
+ <!ENTITY SysFsUtils "http://linux-diag.sourceforge.net/Sysfsutils.html">
+
+<!--
Gnu info
-->
<!ENTITY GPLWebsite "http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">
diff --git a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_capture.xml b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_capture.xml
index c031da3db7..7823c823e0 100644
--- a/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_capture.xml
+++ b/docbook/wsug_src/WSUG_chapter_capture.xml
@@ -384,6 +384,14 @@ wireshark -i eth0 -k
The "Compile selected BPFs" button leads you to
<xref linkend="ChCapCompileSelectedBpfsDialog"/>.
</para>
+ <tip><title>Tip!</title>
+ <para>
+ The execution of BPFs can be sped up on Linux by turning on BPF JIT by
+ executing <programlisting>echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/core/bpf_jit_enable</programlisting>
+ if it is not enabled already. To make the change persistent you can use sysfsutils
+ <ulink url="&SysFsUtils;">sysfsutils</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ </tip>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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