[Wireshark-dev] pcapng / interface names / OPT_IDB_NAME

2020-10-17 Thread Harald Welte
Dear wireshark developers, I'm currently facing a problem where I need to create pcap files of about 26 network devices in parallel. 24 of those are hdlcX devices (by Linux kernel hdlc_fr), while two are Ethernet devices. So there are different link types, but I doubt this matters for the remain

Re: [Wireshark-dev] pcapng / interface names / OPT_IDB_NAME

2020-10-23 Thread Maynard, Chris via Wireshark-dev
> -Original Message- > From: Wireshark-dev On Behalf Of > Harald Welte > Sent: Saturday, October 17, 2020 10:26 AM > To: wireshark-dev@wireshark.org > Subject: [Wireshark-dev] pcapng / interface names / OPT_IDB_NAME > > Dear wireshark developers, > > I'm

Re: [Wireshark-dev] pcapng / interface names / OPT_IDB_NAME

2020-10-23 Thread Guy Harris
On Oct 17, 2020, at 7:25 AM, Harald Welte wrote: > I'm currently facing a problem where I need to create pcap files Or, at least, *some* form of capture file > of about > 26 network devices in parallel. 24 of those are hdlcX devices (by Linux > kernel hdlc_fr), while two are Ethernet devic

Re: [Wireshark-dev] pcapng / interface names / OPT_IDB_NAME

2020-10-24 Thread Harald Welte
Hi Chris, thanks for your input. On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 04:13:17PM +, Maynard, Chris via Wireshark-dev wrote: > > I'm currently facing a problem where I need to create pcap files of about > > 26 network devices in parallel. 24 of those are hdlcX devices (by Linux > > kernel > > hdlc_fr),

Re: [Wireshark-dev] pcapng / interface names / OPT_IDB_NAME

2020-10-24 Thread Harald Welte
Hi Guy, On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 10:21:36AM -0700, Guy Harris wrote: > On Oct 17, 2020, at 7:25 AM, Harald Welte wrote: > > > I'm currently facing a problem where I need to create pcap files > > Or, at least, *some* form of capture file correct. > Yes, those were some of the goals of pcapn

Re: [Wireshark-dev] pcapng / interface names / OPT_IDB_NAME

2020-10-24 Thread Guy Harris
On Oct 24, 2020, at 10:16 AM, Harald Welte wrote: > On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 10:21:36AM -0700, Guy Harris wrote: >> On Oct 17, 2020, at 7:25 AM, Harald Welte wrote: >> >>> I'm currently facing a problem where I need to create pcap files >> >> (For the third of those, Michael Richardson has been

Re: [Wireshark-dev] pcapng / interface names / OPT_IDB_NAME

2020-10-25 Thread Harald Welte
Hi Guy, On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 01:23:57PM -0700, Guy Harris wrote: > > sidenote: I've just been doing some development work with io_uring > > (using liburing) on modern Linux systems, and it's amazing in terms of > > performance of asynchronous I/O. Might be worth investigating. > > Might be, a