Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:45:03 -0800 From: Brooks Davis <brooks@one-eyed-alien.net> To: MaNUaL <manual3000@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Berkeley packet filter device in kernel config Message-ID: <20040324204503.GA6792@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> In-Reply-To: <20040324193308.10312.qmail@web40613.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20040324193308.10312.qmail@web40613.mail.yahoo.com>
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--17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 11:33:08AM -0800, MaNUaL wrote: > 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: >=20 > device bpf # Berkeley packet filter >=20 > Though, in the FreeBSD handbook it says: >=20 > pseudo-device bpf # Berkeley packet filter The handbook is out of date relative to 5.x. > I have used "device bpf" but there is no /dev/bpf* at > all... >=20 > Am i missing something here? How should i define this? > pseudo-device or device? Just open /dev/bpf# until you get one that works. See the libpcap code for an example if you need one. BPF devices are created when opened. -- Brooks --=20 Any statement of the form "X is the one, true Y" is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAYfNOXY6L6fI4GtQRAl3RAKDS1DTvrwG6VXODj74p4VFqC0LniQCgvanN 0mhgeHcvl2uaXClB8xDCM0k= =rn++ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --17pEHd4RhPHOinZp--
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