Recognize -zfollow,ssl,ascii,0 for compatibility

[metze/wireshark/wip.git] / README.linux

diff --git a/README.linux b/README.linux
index 37b69840f0ffc739f890bdd606d45a7ac1804e10..4e76629b7ef8fca8a364b9d9e2b1d4343787024e 100644 (file)
--- a/README.linux
+++ b/README.linux
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@ in "/var/adm/messages", or may get messages such as
 
 from applications using libpcap.
 
-You must configure the kernel with the CONFIG_PACKET option for this
-protocol; the following note is from the Linux "Configure.help" file for
-the 2.0[.x] kernel:
+Most recent Linux distributions will have this configured in by default. 
+If it is not configured in with the default kernel, and if it is not a
+module loaded by default, you must configure the kernel with the
+CONFIG_PACKET option for this protocol; the following note is from the
+Linux "Configure.help" file for the 2.0[.x] kernel:
 
        Packet socket
        CONFIG_PACKET
@@ -57,8 +59,10 @@ significant number of packets.  (If no filter is specified, it makes no
 difference whether the filtering isn't performed in the kernel or isn't
 performed in user mode. :-))
 
-The option for this is the CONFIG_FILTER option; the "Configure.help"
-file says:
+Most recent Linux distributions will have this configured in by default. 
+If it is not configured in with the default kernel, you must configure
+the kernel with the CONFIG_FILTER option; the "Configure.help" file
+says:
 
        Socket filtering
        CONFIG_FILTER