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| author | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2017-08-02 00:30:28 -0700 |
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| committer | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2017-08-02 07:31:18 +0000 |
| commit | c5569cfa0b985b763608231fe4b2fc976422aa33 (patch) | |
| tree | 737edfeaa301a29638986610b09c801045910c15 /README.linux | |
| parent | 778117c502d9e702327f592784c8d7b94212302c (diff) | |
Note that newer versions of various distributions won't have these problems.
Change-Id: Ib5f0d9ffe4a2a574c5cc2299271d3c5f9828dede
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/22914
Reviewed-by: Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>
Diffstat (limited to 'README.linux')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/README.linux b/README.linux index 37b69840f0..4e76629b7e 100644 --- a/README.linux +++ b/README.linux @@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ in "/var/adm/messages", or may get messages such as from applications using libpcap. -You must configure the kernel with the CONFIG_PACKET option for this -protocol; the following note is from the Linux "Configure.help" file for -the 2.0[.x] kernel: +Most recent Linux distributions will have this configured in by default. +If it is not configured in with the default kernel, and if it is not a +module loaded by default, you must configure the kernel with the +CONFIG_PACKET option for this protocol; the following note is from the +Linux "Configure.help" file for the 2.0[.x] kernel: Packet socket CONFIG_PACKET @@ -57,8 +59,10 @@ significant number of packets. (If no filter is specified, it makes no difference whether the filtering isn't performed in the kernel or isn't performed in user mode. :-)) -The option for this is the CONFIG_FILTER option; the "Configure.help" -file says: +Most recent Linux distributions will have this configured in by default. +If it is not configured in with the default kernel, you must configure +the kernel with the CONFIG_FILTER option; the "Configure.help" file +says: Socket filtering CONFIG_FILTER |