Ethereal-users: Re: [Ethereal-users] Ethereal under x64?

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From: "Gianluca Varenni" <gianluca.varenni@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 09:54:45 -0800
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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