Re: [PATCH] Improved WinPcap x64 Support

[David Fifield <david () bamsoftware com>]

On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 02:31:37PM -0000, Rob Nicholls wrote:
> I installed the x64 version of Wireshark a couple of weeks ago and spotted
> that WinPcap wasn't properly installed for x64 applications using our
> WinPcap installer (x86 applications like Nmap work fine on x64, but x64 ones
> would fail to load WinPcap). This explains why there were some extra files
> in the new WinPcap setup file that I struggled to account for at the time -
> as they don't state they're x64 versions, unlike the x64 driver - as there
> aren't many x64 applications on Windows that use WinPcap.
>
> Attached is a patch that makes our version of the WinPcap installer place
> these extra files in the right locations on x64 systems, which I've briefly
> tested (it certainly fixes the issue I had on Windows 7 x64). I quickly
> updated the upgrading instructions file too to cover the new files,
> hopefully it makes sense.

Thanks Rob, this looks great. I committed it. Please try it any let me
know if it works the same as in your tests, and if there are any old
files that I missed deleting.

David Fifield
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