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Re: DLT for IEEE802.15.4 no FCS frames


From: Guy Harris <guy () alum mit edu>
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 14:46:27 -0700


On Aug 6, 2010, at 2:34 PM, Jon Smirl wrote:

Thanks for adding the DLT.

Do I need this bit about LINKTYPE?

If you want to be able to read 802.15.4-with-no-FCS captures with applications that use libpcap to read capture files, 
yes.

diff --git a/pcap-linux.c b/pcap-linux.c
index 70068b5..4d109ad 100644
--- a/pcap-linux.c
+++ b/pcap-linux.c
@@ -2637,6 +2637,13 @@ static void map_arphrd_to_dlt(pcap_t *handle,
int arptype, int cooked_ok)
               handle->linktype = DLT_LINUX_LAPD;
               break;

+#ifndef ARPHRD_IEEE802154
+#define ARPHRD_IEEE802154      804
+#endif
+       case ARPHRD_IEEE802154:
+               handle->linktype =  DLT_IEEE802_15_4_NOFCS;
+               break;
+
#ifndef ARPHRD_NONE
#define ARPHRD_NONE    0xFFFE
#endif

I've checked that into the main and 1.1 branches and pushed them as well.-
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