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
> 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'.
> 
> 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

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.

Regards,

Richard
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