Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Can I prevent a called dissector from changing the summary window

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From: Jeff Rizzo <riz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 10:38:43 -0700
Hi-

I'm writing a dissector for sFlow (RFC 3176), which can sometimes
capture packet headers from other protocols.  Since I want these
headers dissected as well, I pass them on to other dissectors
(such as the Ethernet dissector), and that seems to work OK.

However, I just noticed that when I add a filter to search on sflow
agent address, it re-draws the traffic summary screen with
the dissected summary info for the last sample in the packet,
which is *not* what I want.  Is there any way to prevent this?

Sorry if this is a(n) FAQ, but I haven't seen anything yet.

Also, when I'm ready to submit the dissector (when I solve this
problem, or possibly before :), should I attach the patch file, or send
a pointer to where it can be retrieved?

Thanks,
+j

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Jeff Rizzo                                         http://boogers.sf.ca.us/~riz