Subject: Re: tcpdump ont netbsd/mac68k?
To: Capt Avram Dorfman <dorfman@pentagon.mil>
From: David Brownlee <abs@anim.dreamworks.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 12/14/1997 18:25:36
As far as I know it should work under NetBSD/mac68k - you need a
kernel with bpf support compiled in, plus the /dev/bpf* devices
created by /dev/MAKEDEV...
David/abs
_/ Do not go gentle into that good night \_
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On Sun, 14 Dec 1997, Capt Avram Dorfman wrote:
> Does anyone know if tcpdump is supposed to work? Has anyone gotten it
> to work on netbsd/mac68k?
>
> When I run it, it can't find /dev/bpf0 (because it isn't there). Is
> there supposed to be a bpf device by default? Or do I have to
> create it myself? Or is it just not supported in netbsd/mac68k?
>
> I tried installing the newest tcpdump & libpcap. They compiled w/ no
> errors, but when I ran tcpdump, it said "this system does not
> support live packet capture."
>
> I'm running netbsd 1.2 on an SE/30, w/ Asante PDS ethernet card.
>
> I'd appreciate any help...
>
> -Capt Avram Dorfman
> Chief, Network Operations
> email: dorfman@pentagon.mil
> (last resort email: avram@pobox.com)
>
> :%s/\(do|-<\)/\1\1/g
> :1,$d
>