[Simh] Problem with "attach xq"

[Jan-Benedict Glaw]

On Thu, 2008-01-24 10:33:13 +0100, Vorländer, Martin <MV at PDV-SYSTEME.DE> wrote:
> > Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote:
> > sim> sh xq eth
> > ETH devices:
> >   0  eth1 (No description available)
> >   1  eth2 (No description available)
> > 
> > > The "N" in the "ethN" of the "attach xq ethN" simulator command
> > > corresponds to the number under the "ETH" word in the output of the
> > > "show xq eth".  The "eth#" value in the "show xq eth" output is the
> > > OS device name.  They might NOT be one to one related.
> > 
> > Argh!  This is somewhat misleading, isn't it? But thanks anyways, I'll
> > test that.
> 
> Under Windows it is a bit more descriptive:
> 
> C:\> vax.exe
> 
> VAX simulator V3.7-3
> sim> show xq eth
> WinPcap version 4.0.2 (packet.dll version 4.0.0.1040), based on libpcap version 0.9.5
> ETH devices:
>   0  \Device\NPF_GenericDialupAdapter                   (Adapter for generic dialup and VPN capture)
>   1  \Device\NPF_{352FF5EC-F252-4F57-9B7D-9136E1641658} (LAN-Verbindung)
> sim>
> 
> I have no idea whether some description could be fetched by the code on *ix
> systems, too.

The point is that attaching to "ethX" is misleading, specifically when
the OS is Linux where the devices are also called "ethX". So in the
Windows case, I'd intuitively type "\Device\NPF_{35....}", but not
"eth1".

MfG, JBG

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