--- a/packages/devs/eth/synth/ecosynth/current/host/configure
+++ b/packages/devs/eth/synth/ecosynth/current/host/configure
@@ -844,12 +844,15 @@ case "${host}" in
     i[34567]86-*-linux-gnu* ) SUPPORTED="yes";;
     * ) SUPPORTED="no"
 esac
+if test "${SUPPORTED}" = "no" ; then
+    echo "configure: warning: Synthetic target ethernet support is only available on x86 Linux hosts" 1>&2
+fi   
 
 if test "${SUPPORTED}" = "yes" ; then
     # Extract the first word of "gcc", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy gcc; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:853: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:856: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_CC'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -879,7 +882,7 @@ if test -z "$CC"; then
   # Extract the first word of "cc", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy cc; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:883: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:886: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_CC'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -930,7 +933,7 @@ fi
       # Extract the first word of "cl", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy cl; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:934: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:937: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_CC'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -962,7 +965,7 @@ fi
 fi
 
 echo $ac_n "checking whether the C compiler ($CC $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS) works""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:966: checking whether the C compiler ($CC $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS) works" >&5
+echo "configure:969: checking whether the C compiler ($CC $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS) works" >&5
 
 ac_ext=c
 # CFLAGS is not in ac_cpp because -g, -O, etc. are not valid cpp options.
@@ -973,12 +976,12 @@ cross_compiling=$ac_cv_prog_cc_cross
 
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext << EOF
 
-#line 977 "configure"
+#line 980 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 main(){return(0);}
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:982: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
+if { (eval echo configure:985: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
   ac_cv_prog_cc_works=yes
   # If we can't run a trivial program, we are probably using a cross compiler.
   if (./conftest; exit) 2>/dev/null; then
@@ -1004,12 +1007,12 @@ if test $ac_cv_prog_cc_works = no; then
   { echo "configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler cannot create executables." 1>&2; exit 1; }
 fi
 echo $ac_n "checking whether the C compiler ($CC $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS) is a cross-compiler""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1008: checking whether the C compiler ($CC $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS) is a cross-compiler" >&5
+echo "configure:1011: checking whether the C compiler ($CC $CFLAGS $LDFLAGS) is a cross-compiler" >&5
 echo "$ac_t""$ac_cv_prog_cc_cross" 1>&6
 cross_compiling=$ac_cv_prog_cc_cross
 
 echo $ac_n "checking whether we are using GNU C""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1013: checking whether we are using GNU C" >&5
+echo "configure:1016: checking whether we are using GNU C" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_gcc'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -1018,7 +1021,7 @@ else
   yes;
 #endif
 EOF
-if { ac_try='${CC-cc} -E conftest.c'; { (eval echo configure:1022: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }; } | egrep yes >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+if { ac_try='${CC-cc} -E conftest.c'; { (eval echo configure:1025: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }; } | egrep yes >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   ac_cv_prog_gcc=yes
 else
   ac_cv_prog_gcc=no
@@ -1037,7 +1040,7 @@ ac_test_CFLAGS="${CFLAGS+set}"
 ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
 CFLAGS=
 echo $ac_n "checking whether ${CC-cc} accepts -g""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1041: checking whether ${CC-cc} accepts -g" >&5
+echo "configure:1044: checking whether ${CC-cc} accepts -g" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_cc_g'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -1073,7 +1076,7 @@ do
 # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1077: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:1080: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_CXX'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -1105,7 +1108,7 @@ test -n "$CXX" || CXX="gcc"
 
 
 echo $ac_n "checking whether the C++ compiler ($CXX $CXXFLAGS $LDFLAGS) works""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1109: checking whether the C++ compiler ($CXX $CXXFLAGS $LDFLAGS) works" >&5
+echo "configure:1112: checking whether the C++ compiler ($CXX $CXXFLAGS $LDFLAGS) works" >&5
 
 ac_ext=C
 # CXXFLAGS is not in ac_cpp because -g, -O, etc. are not valid cpp options.
@@ -1116,12 +1119,12 @@ cross_compiling=$ac_cv_prog_cxx_cross
 
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext << EOF
 
-#line 1120 "configure"
+#line 1123 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 int main(){return(0);}
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:1125: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
+if { (eval echo configure:1128: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest${ac_exeext}; then
   ac_cv_prog_cxx_works=yes
   # If we can't run a trivial program, we are probably using a cross compiler.
   if (./conftest; exit) 2>/dev/null; then
@@ -1147,12 +1150,12 @@ if test $ac_cv_prog_cxx_works = no; then
   { echo "configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables." 1>&2; exit 1; }
 fi
 echo $ac_n "checking whether the C++ compiler ($CXX $CXXFLAGS $LDFLAGS) is a cross-compiler""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1151: checking whether the C++ compiler ($CXX $CXXFLAGS $LDFLAGS) is a cross-compiler" >&5
+echo "configure:1154: checking whether the C++ compiler ($CXX $CXXFLAGS $LDFLAGS) is a cross-compiler" >&5
 echo "$ac_t""$ac_cv_prog_cxx_cross" 1>&6
 cross_compiling=$ac_cv_prog_cxx_cross
 
 echo $ac_n "checking whether we are using GNU C++""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1156: checking whether we are using GNU C++" >&5
+echo "configure:1159: checking whether we are using GNU C++" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_gxx'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -1161,7 +1164,7 @@ else
   yes;
 #endif
 EOF
-if { ac_try='${CXX-g++} -E conftest.C'; { (eval echo configure:1165: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }; } | egrep yes >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+if { ac_try='${CXX-g++} -E conftest.C'; { (eval echo configure:1168: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }; } | egrep yes >/dev/null 2>&1; then
   ac_cv_prog_gxx=yes
 else
   ac_cv_prog_gxx=no
@@ -1180,7 +1183,7 @@ ac_test_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS+set}"
 ac_save_CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
 CXXFLAGS=
 echo $ac_n "checking whether ${CXX-g++} accepts -g""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1184: checking whether ${CXX-g++} accepts -g" >&5
+echo "configure:1187: checking whether ${CXX-g++} accepts -g" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_cxx_g'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -1221,7 +1224,7 @@ for ac_declaration in \
    'void exit (int);'
 do
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1225 "configure"
+#line 1228 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 $ac_declaration
@@ -1229,7 +1232,7 @@ int main() {
 exit (42);
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:1233: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then
+if { (eval echo configure:1236: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then
   :
 else
   echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
@@ -1239,14 +1242,14 @@ else
 fi
 rm -f conftest*
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1243 "configure"
+#line 1246 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 $ac_declaration
 int main() {
 exit (42);
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:1250: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then
+if { (eval echo configure:1253: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   break
 else
@@ -1263,13 +1266,13 @@ fi
 
 
     echo $ac_n "checking for object suffix""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1267: checking for object suffix" >&5
+echo "configure:1270: checking for object suffix" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_objext'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   rm -f conftest*
 echo 'int i = 1;' > conftest.$ac_ext
-if { (eval echo configure:1273: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then
+if { (eval echo configure:1276: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then
   for ac_file in conftest.*; do
     case $ac_file in
     *.c) ;;
@@ -1287,12 +1290,12 @@ OBJEXT=$ac_cv_objext
 ac_objext=$ac_cv_objext
 
     echo $ac_n "checking for Cygwin environment""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1291: checking for Cygwin environment" >&5
+echo "configure:1294: checking for Cygwin environment" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_cygwin'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1296 "configure"
+#line 1299 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 int main() {
@@ -1303,7 +1306,7 @@ int main() {
 return __CYGWIN__;
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:1307: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then
+if { (eval echo configure:1310: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   ac_cv_cygwin=yes
 else
@@ -1320,19 +1323,19 @@ echo "$ac_t""$ac_cv_cygwin" 1>&6
 CYGWIN=
 test "$ac_cv_cygwin" = yes && CYGWIN=yes
 echo $ac_n "checking for mingw32 environment""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1324: checking for mingw32 environment" >&5
+echo "configure:1327: checking for mingw32 environment" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_mingw32'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1329 "configure"
+#line 1332 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 
 int main() {
 return __MINGW32__;
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:1336: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then
+if { (eval echo configure:1339: \"$ac_compile\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_compile) 2>&5; }; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   ac_cv_mingw32=yes
 else
@@ -1351,7 +1354,7 @@ test "$ac_cv_mingw32" = yes && MINGW32=y
 
 
 echo $ac_n "checking for executable suffix""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1355: checking for executable suffix" >&5
+echo "configure:1358: checking for executable suffix" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_exeext'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -1361,7 +1364,7 @@ else
   rm -f conftest*
   echo 'int main () { return 0; }' > conftest.$ac_ext
   ac_cv_exeext=
-  if { (eval echo configure:1365: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; }; then
+  if { (eval echo configure:1368: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; }; then
     for file in conftest.*; do
       case $file in
       *.c | *.o | *.obj) ;;
@@ -1399,7 +1402,7 @@ ac_exeext=$EXEEXT
     
 
     echo $ac_n "checking "for Visual C++"""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1403: checking "for Visual C++"" >&5
+echo "configure:1406: checking "for Visual C++"" >&5
     MSVC="no";
     if test "${CC}" = "cl" ; then
        MSVC="yes"
@@ -1438,7 +1441,7 @@ fi
     
 
     echo $ac_n "checking "the default compiler flags"""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1442: checking "the default compiler flags"" >&5
+echo "configure:1445: checking "the default compiler flags"" >&5
 
             ecosflags_enable_debug="no"
     # Check whether --enable-debug or --disable-debug was given.
@@ -1531,6 +1534,135 @@ fi
     
     
 
+
+            echo $ac_n "checking how to run the C preprocessor""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+echo "configure:1540: checking how to run the C preprocessor" >&5
+# On Suns, sometimes $CPP names a directory.
+if test -n "$CPP" && test -d "$CPP"; then
+  CPP=
+fi
+if test -z "$CPP"; then
+if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_CPP'+set}'`\" = set"; then
+  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
+else
+    # This must be in double quotes, not single quotes, because CPP may get
+  # substituted into the Makefile and "${CC-cc}" will confuse make.
+  CPP="${CC-cc} -E"
+  # On the NeXT, cc -E runs the code through the compiler's parser,
+  # not just through cpp.
+  cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
+#line 1555 "configure"
+#include "confdefs.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+Syntax Error
+EOF
+ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out"
+{ (eval echo configure:1561: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
+ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"`
+if test -z "$ac_err"; then
+  :
+else
+  echo "$ac_err" >&5
+  echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
+  cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+  rm -rf conftest*
+  CPP="${CC-cc} -E -traditional-cpp"
+  cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
+#line 1572 "configure"
+#include "confdefs.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+Syntax Error
+EOF
+ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out"
+{ (eval echo configure:1578: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
+ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"`
+if test -z "$ac_err"; then
+  :
+else
+  echo "$ac_err" >&5
+  echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
+  cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+  rm -rf conftest*
+  CPP="${CC-cc} -nologo -E"
+  cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
+#line 1589 "configure"
+#include "confdefs.h"
+#include <assert.h>
+Syntax Error
+EOF
+ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out"
+{ (eval echo configure:1595: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
+ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"`
+if test -z "$ac_err"; then
+  :
+else
+  echo "$ac_err" >&5
+  echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
+  cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+  rm -rf conftest*
+  CPP=/lib/cpp
+fi
+rm -f conftest*
+fi
+rm -f conftest*
+fi
+rm -f conftest*
+  ac_cv_prog_CPP="$CPP"
+fi
+  CPP="$ac_cv_prog_CPP"
+else
+  ac_cv_prog_CPP="$CPP"
+fi
+echo "$ac_t""$CPP" 1>&6
+
+for ac_hdr in "linux/if_tun.h"
+do
+ac_safe=`echo "$ac_hdr" | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
+echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_hdr""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+echo "configure:1623: checking for $ac_hdr" >&5
+if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_header_$ac_safe'+set}'`\" = set"; then
+  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
+else
+  cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
+#line 1628 "configure"
+#include "confdefs.h"
+#include <$ac_hdr>
+EOF
+ac_try="$ac_cpp conftest.$ac_ext >/dev/null 2>conftest.out"
+{ (eval echo configure:1633: \"$ac_try\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_try) 2>&5; }
+ac_err=`grep -v '^ *+' conftest.out | grep -v "^conftest.${ac_ext}\$"`
+if test -z "$ac_err"; then
+  rm -rf conftest*
+  eval "ac_cv_header_$ac_safe=yes"
+else
+  echo "$ac_err" >&5
+  echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
+  cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
+  rm -rf conftest*
+  eval "ac_cv_header_$ac_safe=no"
+fi
+rm -f conftest*
+fi
+if eval "test \"`echo '$ac_cv_header_'$ac_safe`\" = yes"; then
+  echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
+    ac_tr_hdr=HAVE_`echo $ac_hdr | sed 'y%abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz./-%ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ___%'`
+  cat >> confdefs.h <<EOF
+#define $ac_tr_hdr 1
+EOF
+ TAP_SUPPORTED="yes"
+else
+  echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
+TAP_SUPPORTED="no"
+fi
+done
+
+    if test "${TAP_SUPPORTED}" = "no" ; then
+        echo "configure: warning: No <linux/if_tun.h> header, ethertap support disabled." 1>&2
+    fi
+fi
+
+if test "${SUPPORTED}" = "no" ; then
+    echo "configure: warning: The synthetic ethernet support cannot be built on this platform." 1>&2
 fi
 
 
@@ -1724,6 +1856,7 @@ s%@ECOS_REPOSITORY@%$ECOS_REPOSITORY%g
 s%@PACKAGE_DIR@%$PACKAGE_DIR%g
 s%@PACKAGE_VERSION@%$PACKAGE_VERSION%g
 s%@PACKAGE_INSTALL@%$PACKAGE_INSTALL%g
+s%@CPP@%$CPP%g
 s%@SUPPORTED_TRUE@%$SUPPORTED_TRUE%g
 s%@SUPPORTED_FALSE@%$SUPPORTED_FALSE%g