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As part of this, we import bpf_filter.c from NetBSD. Even though that file is part of the NetBSD kernel, it is also used by userland (as is clear here). Our LWIP service has its own bpf_filter.c implementation but that implementation has certain limits (e.g. on program size) that are fine for a system service but should not apply to userland. The libpcap code has a number of blocks guarded by __NetBSD__, but none of those blocks apply to MINIX 3. In particular, some of the alignment logic used for NetBSD may in fact not work in our case. Change-Id: Ib187e22d627c929e111d5d4a991c3bee3c0154cb
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The following instructions apply if you have a Linux platform and want
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libpcap to support the Septel range of passive network monitoring cards
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from Intel (http://www.intel.com)
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1) Install and build the Septel software distribution by following the
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instructions supplied with that package.
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2) Configure libcap. To allow the 'configure' script to locate the Septel
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software distribution use the '--with-septel' option:
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./configure --with-septel=DIR
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where DIR is the root of the Septel software distribution, for example
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/var/src/septel.
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By default (if you write only ./configure --with-septel) it takes
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./../septel as argument for DIR.
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If the Septel software is correctly detected 'configure' will
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report:
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checking whether we have Septel API... yes
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If 'configure' reports that there is no Septel API, the directory may have been
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incorrectly specified or the Septel software was not built before configuring
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libpcap.
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See also the libpcap INSTALL.txt file for further libpcap configuration
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options.
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Building libpcap at this stage will include support for both the native
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packet capture stream and for capturing from Septel cards. To build
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libpcap with only Septel support specify the capture type as 'septel'
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when configuring libpcap:
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./configure --with-septel=DIR --with-pcap=septel
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Applications built with libpcap configured in this way will only detect Septel
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cards and will not capture from the native OS packet stream.
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Note: As mentioned in pcap-septel.c we should first edit the system.txt
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file to change the user part example (UPE) module id to 0xdd instead of
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0x2d for technical reason. So this change in system.txt is crutial and
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things will go wrong if it's not done. System.txt along with config.txt
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are configuration files that are edited by the user before running the
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gctload program that uses these files for initialising modules and
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configuring parameters.
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for more information please contact me : gil_hoyek@hotmail.com
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