--- Begin Message ---<#secure method=pgp mode=sign> Guy Harris <ghar...@sonic.net> wrote: > a 6-bit "extension" field, storing information about the > capture, such an indication of whether the packets include an > FCS and, if so, how many bytes of FCS are present.> So what NetBSD had was a convention where a capture file could have a > link-layer type that combined an AF_ value with some additional bits to > distinguish the value from a regular LINKTYPE_ value; I don't know what > AF_ values they supported for that, or where that code was, or whether > it's still supported. Wow, lots of ill-defined complexity here. I think that we should just regard this as water under the bridge. If NetBSD wants to propose a use for those empty bits, then a new specification could update that use case. -- Michael Richardson <mcr+i...@sandelman.ca> . o O ( IPv6 IøT consulting ) Sandelman Software Works Inc, Ottawa and Worldwide
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