Wireshark · Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] Patch for Bug771, link layer header type selection

[Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Checked in.

Thanx,
Jaap

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 Florent.Drouin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>       Hello,
>
>
> Here is a patch for Bug 771 (repost).
> It solves the problem of datalink header selection, when the interface has
> more than one.
> And now, when we reopen the dialog window, the datalink submenu is restored
> to the last used value.
> The patch uses gtk_option_menu_set_history, which is deprecated, but all
> the datalink menu is coded with gtk_option_menu.
>
> During the writting of the patch, I discovered that dumpcap can be launched
> with the interface name only, if no action is performed to select the
> link-layer type.
> Example:
> lt-dumpcap -i eth0 -Z
> instead of
> lt-dumpcap -i eth0 -y EN10MB -Z
>
> I did not change this implementation, as it is not so easy, and could lead
> to unawaited problems.
> But I find this confusing, for interface other that Ethernet, where you can
> have 4 or more link layer types.
>
> (See attached file: capture_dlg.c.diff.gz)
>
> Best regards
> Florent
>