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diff --git a/README.aix b/README.aix index 09bc669eb6..afe1e5096d 100644 --- a/README.aix +++ b/README.aix @@ -1,4 +1,15 @@ -$Id: README.aix,v 1.4 2000/10/08 17:16:29 gerald Exp $ +$Id: README.aix,v 1.5 2002/05/31 10:22:51 guy Exp $ + +libpcap 0.7.1 and later appear to work on AIX when using AIX's native +BPF; that appears to work better than DLPI does. Note that you may have +to run AIX's tcpdump, as root, before configuring, building, and +installing libpcap, in order to create the "/dev/bpf" devices and load +the BPF driver. + +Some earlier notes: the notes about libpcap may not apply, with libpcap +0.7.1, but they're preserved here for historical reasons. + +The glib, gtk+, and Ethereal notes still apply. After much work and toil, Craig Rodrigues was able to compile libpcap and Ethereal on AIX 4.3.2. His odyssey is document in various e-mails |