Better document pcap_stats() return values
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Description
The libpcap pcap_stats man page says the values returned are platform dependent.
I was hoping the npcap pcap_stats man page will specify what the values mean in case of npcap - but this looks to be the same as the libpcap page.
Is there any information available on how to interpret these values? Also the extra values returned by pcap_stats_ex().
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Start with the linked libpcap and npcap man pages and the definitions of pcap_stats() and pcap_stats_ex(). Document the meaning of each returned value for npcap, including the extra values from pcap_stats_ex(), and make any platform-dependent behavior explicit.
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- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- documentation, networking
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100