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Re: Request for DLT_ assignment: DLT_FIREWIRE
From: Dieter Siegmund <dieter () apple com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:10:23 -0700
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 3:38PM, Guy Harris wrote:
On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 10:18AM, dieter () apple com wrote:I'd like to request a new DLT assignment: #define DLT_FIREWIRE xxx /* simplified IEEE1394 interface */ The DLT_FIREWIRE device uses an ethernet-like header:#define FIREWIRE_EUI64_LEN 8 struct firewire_header { u_char firewire_dhost[FIREWIRE_EUI64_LEN]; u_char firewire_dhost[FIREWIRE_EUI64_LEN]; u_short firewire_type; /* ether type */ };That's not the raw GASP stuff mentioned in RFC 2734, so we might want to give it a name indicating that, just as there's a DLT_IP_OVER_FC that isn't raw Fibre Channel.Is that header likely to be used by other IP-over-1394 implementations on OSes that support libpcap? Or is it specific to the Apple implementation? If it's the latter, the name should perhaps mention Apple.
I have no idea whether other OS's would adopt the use of this header. I'm open to suggestions for an alternate name. How about: DLT_IP_OVER_FIREWIRE DLT_IP_OVER_IEEE1394 DLT_APPLE_IP_OVER_IEEE1394 DLT_APPLE_IP_OVER_FIREWIRE Thanks, Dieter - This is the TCPDUMP workers list. It is archived at http://www.tcpdump.org/lists/workers/index.html To unsubscribe use mailto:tcpdump-workers-request () tcpdump org?body=unsubscribe
Current thread:
- Request for DLT_ assignment: DLT_FIREWIRE dieter (Jun 25)
- Re: Request for DLT_ assignment: DLT_FIREWIRE Guy Harris (Jun 25)
- Re: Request for DLT_ assignment: DLT_FIREWIRE Dieter Siegmund (Jun 26)
- Re: Request for DLT_ assignment: DLT_FIREWIRE Guy Harris (Jun 26)
- Re: Request for DLT_ assignment: DLT_FIREWIRE David Young (Jun 26)
- Re: Request for DLT_ assignment: DLT_FIREWIRE Guy Harris (Jun 27)
- Re: Request for DLT_ assignment: DLT_FIREWIRE Dieter Siegmund (Jun 26)
- Re: Request for DLT_ assignment: DLT_FIREWIRE Guy Harris (Jun 25)
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