Import libpcap 0.7.1, from

 http://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-0.7.1.tar.gz

1 files changed, 41 insertions, 27 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/libpcap/README.aix b/contrib/libpcap/README.aix
index c78a40b..ad2ce45 100644
--- a/contrib/libpcap/README.aix
+++ b/contrib/libpcap/README.aix
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
-(1) To configure libpcap under AIX 4.x, you should use DLPI instead
-    of BPF, since IBM's version of BPF includes some undocumented
-    and unsupported changes to the original BPF.
+(1) AIX 4.x's version of BPF is undocumented and somewhat unstandard; the
+    current BPF support code includes changes that should work around
+    that, but, lacking an AIX machine on which to compile it, we don't
+    know whether the BPF support for AIX will compile.
+
+    If it doesn't, or if the workarounds fail to make it work correctly,
+    you should send to tcpdump-workers@tcpdump.org a detailed bug report
+    (if the compile fails, send us the compile error messages; if it
+    compiles but fails to work correctly, send us as detailed as
+    possible a description of the symptoms, including indications of the
+    network link-layer type being wrong or time stamps being wrong).
+
+    If you fix the problems yourself, please send to patches@tcpdump.org
+    a patch, so we can incorporate them into the next release.
+
+    If you don't fix the problems yourself, you can, as a workaround,
+    make libpcap use DLPI instead of BPF.
 
     This can be done by specifying the flag:
 
@@ -8,39 +22,39 @@
 
     to the "configure" script for libpcap.
 
-(2)  Also, it is a good idea to have the latest version of the DLPI
-     driver on your system, since certain versions may be buggy and
-     cause your AIX system to crash.  DLPI is included in the
-     fileset bos.rte.tty.  I found that the DLPI driver that came with
-     AIX 4.3.2 was buggy, and had to upgrade to bos.rte.tty 4.3.2.4:
+(2) Also, it is a good idea to have the latest version of the DLPI
+    driver on your system, since certain versions may be buggy and
+    cause your AIX system to crash.  DLPI is included in the
+    fileset bos.rte.tty.  I found that the DLPI driver that came with
+    AIX 4.3.2 was buggy, and had to upgrade to bos.rte.tty 4.3.2.4:
 
-     lslpp -l bos.rte.tty
+    lslpp -l bos.rte.tty
 
-     bos.rte.tty     4.3.2.4  COMMITTED  Base TTY Support and Commands
+    bos.rte.tty     4.3.2.4  COMMITTED  Base TTY Support and Commands
 
-     Updates for AIX filesets can be obtained from:
-     ftp://service.software.ibm.com/aix/fixes/
+    Updates for AIX filesets can be obtained from:
+    ftp://service.software.ibm.com/aix/fixes/
 
-     These updates can be installed with the smit program.
+    These updates can be installed with the smit program.
 
-(3)  After compiling libpcap, you need to make sure that the DLPI driver
-     is loaded.  Type:
+(3) After compiling libpcap, you need to make sure that the DLPI driver
+    is loaded.  Type:
 
-     strload -q -d dlpi
+    strload -q -d dlpi
 
-     If the result is:
-     dlpi: yes
+    If the result is:
+    dlpi: yes
 
-     then the DLPI driver is loaded correctly.
+    then the DLPI driver is loaded correctly.
 
-     If it is:
-     dlpi: no
+    If it is:
+    dlpi: no
 
-     Then you need to type:
-     strload -f /etc/dlpi.conf
+    Then you need to type:
+    strload -f /etc/dlpi.conf
  
-     Check again with strload -q -d dlpi that the dlpi driver is loaded.  
+    Check again with strload -q -d dlpi that the dlpi driver is loaded.  
 
-     Alternatively, you can uncomment the lines for DLPI in
-     /etc/pse.conf and reboot the machine; this way DLPI will always
-     be loaded when you boot your system.
+    Alternatively, you can uncomment the lines for DLPI in
+    /etc/pse.conf and reboot the machine; this way DLPI will always
+    be loaded when you boot your system.