Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: [Ethereal-dev] Request to add function name "dissect_snmp_pdu" to libethereal.de f in new version et

[Liu Chunfang-CCL083 <ChunfangLiu@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,

Thanks for Guy Harris's help. I need to create a plugin to dissect a company proprietary protocol in which has packets with SNMP syntax. So I need to call "dissect_snmp_pdu()" in my dissector. 

I want Ethereal developer can add function name "dissect_snmp_pdu" to libethereal.def in new version ethereal.

Thanks,
Chunfang

-----Original Message-----
From: ethereal-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ethereal-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Guy Harris
Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 3:23 AM
To: Ethereal development
Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] how to call function "dissect_snmp_pdu" in a plugin dissector


Liu Chunfang-CCL083 wrote:

> I'm developing a plugin in which I need to call function
> "dissect_snmp_pdu".

I.e., the protocol you're dissecting has packets in it with SNMP syntax 
(just as the ATM ILMI protocol uses packets with SNMP syntax)?

> Do I need to add this function name to
> epan\libethereal.def ?

Yes, and you need to arrange that your plugin link with libethereal.lib.

> Is this the only way?

The other ways are

	1) don't use Windows

and

	2) add "dissect_snmp_pdu()" to the plugin API.

I assume you can't just do 1).

2) isn't any easier - in fact, it's more complicated - and we really 
want to deprecate the plugin API mechanism.

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