Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:40:01 +0100 From: Martijn Pronk <martijn@sillywalks.org> To: MaNUaL <manual3000@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Berkeley packet filter device in kernel config Message-ID: <6C86A481-7DD3-11D8-83DA-00039346207E@sillywalks.org> In-Reply-To: <20040324193308.10312.qmail@web40613.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040324193308.10312.qmail@web40613.mail.yahoo.com>
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Op 24-mrt-04 om 20:33 heeft MaNUaL het volgende geschreven: > Hi. I am using 5.2.1-RELEASE-p3 and in the GENERIC > configuration file of the kernel in > /usr/src/sys/i386/conf there is the following line: > > device bpf # Berkeley packet filter > > Though, in the FreeBSD handbook it says: > > pseudo-device bpf # Berkeley packet filter The handbook is correct for FreeBSD 4.x but not for 5.x Read sys/conf/NOTES and/or sys/i386/conf/NOTES for the correct option. > I have used "device bpf" but there is no /dev/bpf* at > all... That's because 5.x uses devfs, the device nodes are created on demand. If you try a ls -l /dev/bpf0 you'll see that it's there. > Am i missing something here? How should i define this? > pseudo-device or device? device bpf HTH, Martijn
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