[PATCH v2] pcapng: allow any protocol link type for the interface block
Stephen Hemminger
stephen at networkplumber.org
Thu Jun 26 15:57:10 CEST 2025
On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 15:19:37 -0600
Schneide <schneide at qti.qualcomm.com> wrote:
> From: Dylan Schneider <schneide at qti.qualcomm.com>
>
> Allow the user to specify protocol link type when creating pcapng files.
> This change is needed to specify the protocol type in the pcapng file,
> DLT_EN10MB specifies ethernet packets only. This will allow dissectors
> for other protocols to be used on files generated by pcapng.
>
> Includes a breaking change to rte_pcapng_add_interface to add link_type
> parameter. Existing calls to the function have been updated to pass
> DLT_EN10MB for the link type argument.
>
> Fixes: d1da6d0d04c7 ("pcapng: require per-interface information")
> Signed-off-by: Dylan Schneider <schneide at qti.qualcomm.com>
> Cc: stephen at networkplumber.org
Reviewed-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networkplumber.org>
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