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   1 (1) To configure libpcap under AIX 4.x, you should use DLPI instead
   2     of BPF, since IBM's version of BPF includes some undocumented
   3     and unsupported changes to the original BPF.
   4
   5     This can be done by specifying the flag:
   6
   7        --with-pcap=dlpi
   8
   9     to the "configure" script for libpcap.
  10
  11 (2)  Also, it is a good idea to have the latest version of the DLPI
  12      driver on your system, since certain versions may be buggy and
  13      cause your AIX system to crash.  DLPI is included in the
  14      fileset bos.rte.tty.  I found that the DLPI driver that came with
  15      AIX 4.3.2 was buggy, and had to upgrade to bos.rte.tty 4.3.2.4:
  16
  17      lslpp -l bos.rte.tty
  18
  19      bos.rte.tty     4.3.2.4  COMMITTED  Base TTY Support and Commands
  20
  21      Updates for AIX filesets can be obtained from:
  22      ftp://service.software.ibm.com/aix/fixes/
  23
  24      These updates can be installed with the smit program.
  25
  26 (3)  After compiling libpcap, you need to make sure that the DLPI driver
  27      is loaded.  Type:
  28
  29      strload -q -d dlpi
  30
  31      If the result is:
  32      dlpi: yes
  33
  34      then the DLPI driver is loaded correctly.
  35
  36      If it is:
  37      dlpi: no
  38
  39      Then you need to type:
  40      strload -f /etc/dlpi.conf
  41
  42      Check again with strload -q -d dlpi that the dlpi driver is loaded.
  43
  44      Alternatively, you can uncomment the lines for DLPI in
  45      /etc/pse.conf and reboot the machine; this way DLPI will always
  46      be loaded when you boot your system.