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From: pf@elissa.hc.ti.com (Paul Fuqua)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: tcpdump on 2.1.5
Date: 25 Apr 1997 00:25:08 GMT
Organization: Texas Instruments
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In-reply-to: "Kapil Chowksey's message of Thu, 24 Apr 1997 09:24:13 +0000
Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39688
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 1997 09:24:13 +0000
From: "Kapil Chowksey (Jaeger)" <kchowksey@hss.hns.com>
I had the same problem with tcpdump. After adding the bpf pseudo-device,
tcpdump says /dev/ix0: Device not configured. I've got an ether-express
card which works perfectly otherwise. Any help out here ?
The ix driver doesn't support bpf -- the comment in i386/isa/if_ix.c
says "/*ZZZ no work done on this, this is just here to remind me*/".
I just got rid of one of those losers (somehow a shiny new P6-200
PCI-bus machine was shipped with an ISA-bus EtherExpress16 instead of
the standard 3C905); it would only work in 8-bit mode, and generated
hundreds of device-timeout messages per day.
Trivia note: my 1985-vintage TI Explorer Lisp machine has an Ethernet
card with the same 82586 chip as the EtherExpress16. This ain't
cutting-edge technology.
Paul Fuqua
Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas pf@hc.ti.com