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+(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.
+
+    This can be done by specifying the flag:
+
+       --with-pcap=dlpi
+
+    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:
+
+     lslpp -l bos.rte.tty
+
+     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/
+
+     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:
+
+     strload -q -d dlpi
+
+     If the result is:
+     dlpi: yes
+
+     then the DLPI driver is loaded correctly.
+
+     If it is:
+     dlpi: no
+
+     Then you need to type:
+     strload -f /etc/dlpi.conf
+ 
+     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.