Howdy, I hope I'm doing this right. I used the [EMAIL PROTECTED] address rather than yours.
>From: Guy Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Don Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [tcpdump-workers] libpcap support of IP over FC > >On Thu, Mar 07, 2002 at 12:38:36PM -0600, Don Lee wrote: >> I'm hacking IP over Fibre Channel into ethereal, and hence >> need to tweak libpcap. I need a number for the DLT_ type. >> (for the return from pcap_datalink() ) >> Do you guys have a number already in mind? > >Nope. I can assign you one, however (I'd have to do it at home, as I'm >not set up to check in updates to bpf.h at work). > >I assume the captures will include Fibre Channel headers, rather than >each packet starting with an IP header (if the captures only include IP >headers, you'd use DLT_RAW). Thanks. Yes. The packets will include the FC header. DLT_RAW won't fly. >> Prior work/art? > >None that I know of. Altavista found nothing with a search for > > libpcap NEAR "fibre channel" > >and Google, alas, has no NEAR operator, so the best you can do is > > libpcap "fibre channel" > >which has a ton of false hits on pages that mention both libpcap and >Fibre Channel but not in the same context. However, you *have* to admit that the net is absolutely magnificent compared to what we had 20 years ago. ;=> -dgl- - This is the TCPDUMP workers list. It is archived at http://www.tcpdump.org/lists/workers/index.html To unsubscribe use mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe
