Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] How to compile Wireshark for 64-bit WindowsVista Home Prem

From: Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 08:57:56 -0700
Visual C++ 2008 Express Edition is available for free at
http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/

Anders Broman wrote:
> Hi,
> As you can see http://buildbot.wireshark.org/trunk/waterfall the build is not yet working. You can download VS2008EE for free from Microsoft I beleve.
> Regards
> Anders
> 
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> Från: wireshark-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx genom Brian Daniel
> Skickat: må 2009-03-09 15:29
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> Ämne: Re: [Wireshark-users] How to compile Wireshark for 64-bit WindowsVista Home Premium and 64-bit Windows 7 beta
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> 
> Thanks Gerald. I'll see about getting a copy of Visual C++ 2008 when payday rolls around but $ is tight. Is there an open source Win64 compiler you would recommend for Windows Vista 64-bit and Windows 7 beta 64-bit? Or better yet until I can get the compiler, please make the alpha/beta version of the 64-bit binary available for download and we'll test it for you. The first thing I'm looking for is going beyond the RAM limitations of WIN32 compiled WireShark. Then I want to experiment with Skinny SCCP packets on those larger captures.
> Thanks,
> Brian
> 
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 6:02 PM, Gerald Combs <gerald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> 	If you're _really_ serious this, I'd suggest:
> 	
> 	 - Taking this discussion over to -dev, since that's where all of the
> 	   developers hang out.
> 	
> 	 - Reading up on LP64 vs LLP64, e.g.
> 	
> 	http://stackoverflow.com/questions/384502/what-is-the-bit-size-of-long-on-64-bit-windows
> 	
> 	   Wireshark happily supports 64 bits on LP64 (Linux, OS X, Solaris, etc.)
> 	   but LLP64 (Windows) is going to take some work.
> 	
> 	 - Checking out http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark-win64-libs/trunk/.
> 	   This contains 64-bit versions of some of the that we use.
> 	
> 	 - Looking at config.nmake, all of the instances of Makefile.nmake, and
> 	   tools/win32-setup.sh to see where 64-bit support needs to be added.
> 	
> 	 - Looking at the NSIS, U3, and PortableApps packaging directores.
> 	
> 	 - Bugging me to add a Windows 64 builder and Bugzilla entries.
> 	
> 	 - Bugging me to clean up and check in my 64-bit makefile updates.
> 	
> 
> 	Brian Daniel wrote:
> 	> How many of you want to use a 64-bit Wireshark?
> 	> I would like to know how to compile Wireshark source for 64-bit Windows
> 	> Vista Home Premium SP1 and 64-bit Windows 7 beta so I can take more
> 	> advantage of my Quad Q6600 2.4GHz Processor and 4GB RAM.
> 	>
> 	> I'm already using the /3GB when I boot to Windows XP Pro but my capture
> 	> size is 1Gig so I'm running out of memory around 750Meg into the capture
> 	> file. My work around solution is to capture 512Meg at a time.
> 	> Here is what I've found in the Wireshark documentation:
> 	>
> 	> "It is recommended to use the binary installer for Windows, until you
> 	> want to start developing Wireshark on the Windows platform."
> 	> http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsug_html_chunked/ChBuildInstallWinBuild.html
> 	>
> 	> "Thanks to the Win32 API, development on all Windows platforms will be
> 	> done in a very similar way. All Windows platforms referred to as Win32,
> 	> Win or Windows may be used with the same meaning."
> 	> http://www.wireshark.org/docs/wsdg_html_chunked/ChIntroPlatforms.html#id4702778
> 	>
> 	> All help is appreciated.
> 	> Thanks,
> 	> Brian
> 	>
> 	>
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