Re: [Ethereal-users] Ethereal under x64?

["Gianluca Varenni" <gianluca.varenni@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all.

Just an update on the x86-64 support: we are planning to release a new alpha 
(or beta) version of WinPcap with initial support for x86-64 by the end of 
the year.

This alpha version will provide a 64 bit driver (npf.sys), and 32 bit user 
level libraries (wpcap.dll, packet.dll, wanpacket.dll), so that it will be 
possible to use the existing 32-bit Ethereal binaries without any 
recompilation.

Have a nice day
Gianluca Varenni
WinPcap Team


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Harris" <gharris@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ethereal user support" <ethereal-users@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-users] Ethereal under x64?


> Pippo wrote:
>
> > I'm a WinXP x64 user; I found that Ethereal does not work under x64 
> > platforms because it relies upon a project that was discontinued.
>
> To what project are you referring?  The projects it relies on are
>
> 1) WinPcap
>
> and
>
> 2) GLib/GTK+-for-Windows
>
> but neither of them have been discontinued.
>
> GLib/GTK+ aren't built for x86-64, but Ethereal doesn't have to run as a 
> 64-bit binary on x86-64.  The same applies to other libraries.
>
> WinPcap is the only issue; it currently doesn't support x86-64 (because 
> part of it is a driver, as Windows, unlike modern UN*Xes, doesn't have a 
> mechanism accessible from userland to capture packets, and I think drivers 
> on x86-64 Windows have to be 64-bit), but, unless something has changed 
> since October 28th, the WinPcap developers have committed to make it run 
> on x86-64:
>
> http://www.winpcap.org/pipermail/winpcap-users/2005-October/000437.html
>
> although they don't have any plan for *when* it'll happen.
>
> > What I would like to ask is: is there any chance to get Ethereal working 
> > under x64 platforms, before than "some day"?
>
> The chances of Ethereal running on Windows for x86-64 are probably equal 
> to the chances of getting WinPcap running on Windows for x86-64.  The 
> chances of *that* might be increased if somebody paid CACE Technologies:
>
> http://www.cacetech.com/
>
> to do it (CACE is the company founded by Loris Degioanni and Gianluca 
> Varenni).
>
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