Re: Request for new pcap/pcapng DLT Format

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

On Jun 13, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu> wrote:

> It's not a show-stopper - we can just document them as containing a time stamp but note that it's redundant with the 
> time stamp in pcap and pcap-ng files, and say that the time stamp from the pcap packet record header or the pcap-ng 
> packet block header should be used and the time stamp in the packet header should be ignored.
>
> Given that I've already checked in a LINKTYPE_/DLT_ value of 250, and assigned a value of 251 for Bluetooth Low 
> Energy air interface link-layer packets, we might as well stick with the existing format, with a "time stamp is 
> redundant, don't use it" note.

OK, I've checked in and pushed an update to the link-layer types page; it should show up on the tcpdump.org Web site in 
24 to 48 hours.

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