[Simh] No networking when trying a SIMH/VAX on OpenVMS/Alpha

[Bill Korendyk]

Hi,

Looking at Simh I thought I might try the VAX emulator on an
Alphaserver DS10 running OpenVMS V7.3-2. Built the images, 
configured some disks, loaded and installed OpenVMS/VAX V7.3, 
and it all runs as expected, except... no networking:

     VAX simulator V3.8-0
     sim> sho xq eth
     ETH devices:
       no network devices are available
     sim>

Started looking at it a bit and found that "pcap_open_live" in 
pcap-vms seems to fail when it attempts to "Create a VCI port".
Returned status indicates:

     %SYSTEM-F-DEVACTIVE, device is active

Before I delve too deeply into this I thought I'd ask if there
was something I might have missed? 

Thanks
\bill
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     Bill Korendyk      Bill at korendyk.net    "Just call me Bill."
--------------------------------------------------------------------
          "Ever stop to think, and forget to start again."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~