Wireshark · Ethereal-dev: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Removing README.tvbuff [was: tvb_reported_length_remaining]

["Gilbert Ramirez" <gram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sure, it's time. Anything in README.tvbuff that's not in
README.developer could be merged into README.developer.

--gilbert

On 2/23/06, Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2006 21:25:42 +0100 (CET)
> From: Jaap Keuter <jaap.keuter@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reply-To: Ethereal development <ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Ethereal development <ethereal-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] tvb_reported_length_remaining
>
> On Mon, 20 Feb 2006, LEGO wrote:
>
> > On 2/20/06, fabio matturro <fabiomax3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > what's the difference between tvb_reported_length_remaining and
> > > tvb_length_remaining?
> >
> > if while capturing you capture only the first 64 bytes of a packet of 1404 bytes
> >
> > tvb_length_remaining(tvb,4) == 60
> > tvb_reported_length_remaining(tvb,4) == 1400
> >
> > > Are there any docs about it?
> > at the very least there's tvbuff.h and tvbuff.c (it's open source!)!
>
> Reading the documents in this regard, is it time to drop README.tvbuff, a
> transitory document? It talks about the dissector conversion process
> during the Ethereal 0.8.4 timeframe, which is long gone. The currently
> relevant information (except for the question stated above perhaps) can be
> found in README.developer, so nothing will be lost.
>
> Thanx,
> Jaap
>
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