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Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Help needed regarding plugin/.so file

From: Kevin Cox <kevincox@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2014 09:22:32 -0400


On May 22, 2014 4:57 AM, "Vishnu Bhatt" <vishnu.bhatt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> One more thing, does it matter that the .so file of mine should be placed in the same machine (32 or 64bit) in which it was compiled?
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The architecture of the plugin must match that of wireshark.

It is possible to run a 32 bit wireshark on a 64 bit system but typically you will use the native architecture.