[PATCH v2] pcapng: allow any protocol link type for the interface block

Thomas Monjalon thomas at monjalon.net
Wed Oct 15 21:24:32 CEST 2025


26/09/2025 01:54, Stephen Hemminger:
> On Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:32:15 -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>
> 
> Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen at networplumber.org>

Applied with fixed release note, thanks.





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