Re: Request for DLT_ assignment: DLT_FIREWIRE

[Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>]

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.

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