Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Enabling linux kernel jit compiler from dumpcap?
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From: Jakub Zawadzki <darkjames-ws@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 20:45:06 +0200
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 09:16:04AM -0700, Guy Harris wrote:
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> On Aug 22, 2013, at 4:46 AM, Anders Broman <anders.broman@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Should we add code to enable the JIT compiler from dumpcap?
> 
> Should I add code to enable the JIT compiler to libpcap while I'm at it?
> 
> Should the Linux kernel folks enable it by default?
> 
> I'm inclined to answer "yes" to all three questions.  I think the FreeBSD JIT compiler is enabled by default. 
> I'm surprised that the Linux one isn't.

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