Re: BPF question

[Richard Tector]

Bill Vermillion wrote:

I have been setting the bpf parameter in the kernel configuration
file to 10 [I forget which program needed that].   Prior to



My config file had this line.

device  bpf     10

I just updated the system from 6.2-p5 to 6.2-p6, and I got
a syntax error on that line.

Removing the '10' and leaving the line as:

device  bpf

got rid of the syntax error.

I haven't seen, or maybe I just missed it, and information that
we don't use a numerical parameter anymore.

So has this been changed, or is there a problem in the p6
implementation/installation? I suspect it has been changed but I
have not noticed it.

Thanks.

BIll

that I had usually run with about 4. I also saw that on a 4.11 installation I had it set at 40 for 'nessus'.

Regards,

Richard

With 5.x and upwards, you no longer need to specify the number of devices required in the kernel configuration. New device nodes are created/destroyed on the fly by devfs.

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