tcpdump (/dev/bpf* permission) in FreeBSD-current

[Dan Nelson]

In the last episode (Jul 07), Patrick Dung said:
> Only /dev/bpf0 is there at boot time
> But when I run tcpdump, it automatically create
> /dev/bpf1 (I have multiple NIC).
> Running devfs at boot time cannot set the /dev/bpf1,
> which is not present.

Devfs rules use wildcard matches:

   path pattern
          Matches any node with a path that matches pattern.  The
          latter is interpreted as a glob(3)-style pattern.

So just use bpf* instead of bpf0 in your devfs rule.

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	Dan Nelson
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