Bug 510482

Summary:	net-analyzer/masscan should optionally support pf_ring-kmod
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Anton Bolshakov <anton.bugs>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Robin Johnson <robbat2>
Status:	UNCONFIRMED ---
Severity:	normal	CC:	netmon
Priority:	Normal
Version:	10.1
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:	366609
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Description Anton Bolshakov 2014-05-16 12:22:48 UTC

PF_RING

To get beyond 2 million packets/second, you need an Intel 10-gbps Ethernet adapter and a special driver known as "PF_RING DNA" from http://www.ntop.org/products/pf_ring/. Masscan doesn't need to be rebuilt in order to use PF_RING.

Comment 1 Anton Bolshakov 2014-05-16 12:38:35 UTC

The updated ebuils is in Pentoo overlay:
https://code.google.com/p/pentoo/source/browse/portage/trunk/net-analyzer/masscan/masscan-1.0.3-r2.ebuild

diff:
+ USE="pf_ring"
+ pf_ring? ( sys-kernel/pf_ring-kmod )"