Re: new DLT values

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

Hannes Kälber wrote:

> Since we are capturing automotive busses, such as CAN, Flexray, Most and
>  LIN, I suggest that these busses get there own DLTs.
>
> I suggest the names
> DLT_FLEXRAY
> DLT_MOST
> DLT_LIN

I've assigned those:

        DLT_FLEXRAY             210
        DLT_MOST                211
        DLT_LIN                 212

If you can indicate what the packet formats would be (assuming it's not 
obvious from the protocol specifications for those buses - for example, 
if you add pseudo-headers giving information not available from the raw 
packet data), that would be helpful, so we don't have different packet 
formats using the same DLT_ values.

> DLT_X2E_SERIAL

So what's the description of that one?  Presumably from the "X2E" it's 
defined by your company, so there's no reason to expect that anybody 
else would have a reason to use it incompatibly.

> As there is already a DLT named DLT_CAN20B, there is no need for another
> CAN DLT.

You should probably ask Gianluca Varenni whether the format they use at 
CACE Technologies matches the format you want to use, if you haven't 
done so already.
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