Re: Request for DLT_ assignment: DLT_FIREWIRE

[Dieter Siegmund <dieter () apple com>]

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

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