Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] README.plugins

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From: Ed Warnicke <hagbard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 08:12:02 -0400 (EDT)
I think it should...  I'm using make-reg-dotc to handle the static case,
which I believe deals correctly with multiple dissectors per packet-xxx.c
file.  

Ed

On Tue, 10 Jul 2001, Frank Singleton wrote:

> Ed Warnicke wrote:
> > 
> > As promised, I've checked in a README.plugins.
> > 
> > Ed
> > 
> 
> Hi, 
> I am busy busy with idl2eth stuff and saw the traffic
> on giop and plugins. Does Guy's statement below still stand
> regarding plugins ?
> 
> 
> > 
> > They're called "plugins". :-)
> > 
> > (Yes, you can put more than one protocol into a plugin.  There's
> > currently no *automatic* provision for linking multiple independent
> > files, each with its own dissector and register routines, into a single
> > plugin, so you'd have to have a common "plugin_init()" routine call all
> > of their registration and initialization routines and a common
> > "plugin_reg_handoff()" routine call all of their handoff routines.
> > 
> > You might also have to add additional routines to the plugin address
> > table, so that they can be called from plugins.)
> > 
> 
> 
> /Frank..
> 
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