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Add a "README.bsd", which currently only explains how to enable BPF in 

your kernel, but which could hold other notes about Ethereal on
{Free,Net,Open}BSD and/or BSD/OS.

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# Makefile.am
# Automake file for Ethereal
#
# $Id: Makefile.am,v 1.168 2000/02/15 21:17:57 gram Exp $
# $Id: Makefile.am,v 1.169 2000/02/19 21:54:07 guy Exp $
#
# Ethereal - Network traffic analyzer
# By Gerald Combs <gerald@zing.org>
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manuf \
print.ps \
README.aix \
README.bsd \
README.hpux \
README.irix \
README.linux \

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$Id: README.bsd,v 1.1 2000/02/19 21:54:07 guy Exp $
In order to capture packets (with Ethereal/Tethereal, tcpdump, or any
other packet capture program) on a Linux system, your kernel must have
the Berkeley packet Filter mechanism enabled. On some BSDs (recent
versions of FreeBSD, for example), it's enabled by default in the
generic kernel; it's not enabled by default in older FreeBSD kernels,
and might not be enabled by default in other kernels.
The entry in the FreeBSD 3.4 i386 GENERIC configuration file for it is:
# The `bpfilter' pseudo-device enables the Berkeley Packet Filter.
# Be aware of the administrative consequences of enabling this!
# The number of devices determines the maximum number of
# simultaneous BPF clients programs runnable.
pseudo-device bpfilter 1 #Berkeley packet filter
To enable BPF, add "pseudo-device" line such as the last line there to
your configuration file, re-run "config", rebuild the kernel, install
the new kernel, and reboot.
Note that some daemons, or other applications, may be BPF clients, i.e.
may use the BPF mechanism to see link-layer traffic coming into the
machine and send link-layer traffic from the machine; for example, if
the number in the "pseudo-device bpfilter" line is 1, and such a daemon
or application is running, a packet-capture program will not be able to
do packet capture, as the one and only BPF device will already be in
use. You may therefore need to increase the number of BPF devices, by
increasing the number in the "pseudo-device bpfilter" line, re-running
"config", rebuilding the kernel, installing the new kernel, and
rebooting.