Linux capture buffering

[Asier Martínez <axierr () gmail com>]

Hi to all,
I'm a bit confused in which is the behavior of Libpcap under Linux
when it is used to capture packets.
If I'm not wrong, Libpcap under Linux ignores timeout argument to_ms,
so, Libpcap is returning per captured packet?, or is doing some kind
of buffering ? ( with standard and not modified libpcap e.g mmcap
etc.. )
If is not doing buffering, can be this changed or improved?

Thanks in advance,
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