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Documented current state of sim_ether, etc. and included references for new OpenVMS Integrety (IA64) support.

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@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ Windows notes:
Building on Windows:
Building with MinGW can use the provided makefile following the instructions
below. Alternatively, you can use the free Visual C++ Express 2008 or 2010
interactive development environments. Read the file
".\Visual Studio Projects\0ReadMe_Projects.txt" for details.
1. Install WinPCAP 4.x runtime and the WinPCAP Developer's kit.
2. Put the required .h files (bittypes,devioctl,ip6_misc,pcap,pcap-stdinc
@ -159,8 +164,11 @@ Linux, {Free|Net|Open}BSD, OS/X, and Un*x notes:
----- WARNING ----- WARNING ----- WARNING ----- WARNING ----- WARNING -----
Sim_Ether has been reworked to be more universal; because of this, you will
need to get a version of libpcap that is 0.9 or greater. This can be
downloaded from www.tcpdump.org - see the comments at the top of Sim_ether.c
need to get a version of libpcap that is 0.9 or greater. All current Linux
distributions provide a libpcap-dev package which has the needed version
of libpcap and the required components to build applications using it.
If you are running an older Linux OS, you can download and build the required
library from www.tcpdump.org - see the comments at the top of Sim_ether.c
for details.
----- WARNING ----- WARNING ----- WARNING ----- WARNING ----- WARNING -----
@ -187,11 +195,13 @@ for details.
will be welcomed.
2. If you want to use TAP devices, and any surrounding system network/bridge
setup must be done before running SIMH.
setup must be done before running SIMH. However, once that is done
(possibly at system boot time), using the TAP devices can be done without
root privileges.
Building on Linux, {Free|Net|Open}BSD, OS/X, Un*x:
1. Get/make/install the libpcap package for your operating system. Sources:
1. Get/make/install the libpcap-dev package for your operating system. Sources:
All : http://www.tcpdump.org/
Older versions of libpcap can be found, for various systems, at:
Linux : search for your variant on http://rpmfind.net
@ -214,7 +224,7 @@ Building on Linux, {Free|Net|Open}BSD, OS/X, Un*x:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OpenVMS Alpha notes:
OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS Integrety (IA64) notes:
1. Ethernet support will only work on Alpha VMS 7.3-1 or later, which is
when required VCI promiscuous mode support was added. Hobbyists can
get the required version of VMS from the OpenVMS Alpha Hobbyist Kit 3.0.
@ -247,10 +257,10 @@ OpenVMS Alpha notes:
adapter prior trying to connect with SIMH, or the host may crash.
The execlet is not written to create an I/O structure for the device.
Building on OpenVMS Alpha:
Building on OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS Integrety (IA64):
The current descrip.mms file will build simulators capable of using
Ethernet support with them automatically. These currently are: VAX,
PDP11, and PDP10. The descrip.mms driven builds will also build the
VAX780, and PDP11. The descrip.mms driven builds will also build the
pcap library and build and install the VCI execlet.
1. Fetch the VMS-PCAP zip file from:
@ -320,7 +330,16 @@ Dave
===============================================================================
Change Log
===============================================================================
07-Jul-11 MB VMS Pcap (from Mike Burke)
- Fixed Alpha issues
- Added OpenVMS Integrety support
17-Aug-11 RMS Fix from Sergey Oboguev relating to XU and XQ Auto Config and
vector assignments
12-Aug-11 MP Cleaned up payload length determination
Fixed race condition detecting reflections when threaded
reading and writing is enabled
20-Apr-11 MP Fixed save/restore behavior
12-Jan-11 DTH Added SHOW XU FILTERS modifier
11-Jan-11 DTH Corrected DEUNA/DELUA SELFTEST command, enabling use by
VMS 3.7, VMS 4.7, and Ultrix 1.1