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diff --git a/contrib/libpcap/README.aix b/contrib/libpcap/README.aix index ad2ce45..dcddb61 100644 --- a/contrib/libpcap/README.aix +++ b/contrib/libpcap/README.aix @@ -1,11 +1,20 @@ +Using 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 + that; it appears to compile and work on at least one AIX 4.3.3 + machine. + + Note that the BPF driver and the "/dev/bpf" devices might not exist + on your machine; AIX's tcpdump loads the driver and creates the + devices if they don't already exist. Our libpcap should do the + same, and the configure script should detect that it's on an AIX + system and choose BPF even if the devices aren't there. + +(2) If libpcap doesn't compile on your machine when configured to use + BPF, 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). @@ -22,39 +31,48 @@ 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: +If you use DLPI: - lslpp -l bos.rte.tty +(1) 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: - bos.rte.tty 4.3.2.4 COMMITTED Base TTY Support and Commands + 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 +(2) 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 + + dlpi: yes then the DLPI driver is loaded correctly. If it is: - dlpi: no + + dlpi: no Then you need to type: - strload -f /etc/dlpi.conf + + 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. + +(3) There appears to be a problem in the DLPI code in some versions of + AIX, causing a warning about DL_PROMISC_MULTI failing; this might + be responsible for DLPI not being able to capture outgoing packets. |
