On Nov 28, 2014, at 8:13 AM, Peter Wu <[email protected]> wrote:

> I came across a duplicated piece of code by grepping for the string "DLT
> n" which I originally found in ui/gtk/capture_dlg.c. Two questions:
> 
> - Can somebody reduce the duplication (two occurrences in
>   ui/gtk/capture_dlg.c, one in ui/qt/manage_interfaces_dialog.cpp)?

> - Why is the callback for capture_prep_monitor_changed_cb so huge?


The set of link-layer header types available on a Wi-Fi interface in monitor 
mode is, in most platforms, different from the set available when not in 
monitor mode; in most OSes, you get fake Ethernet headers from Wi-Fi interfaces 
in monitor mode and 802.11 headers, possibly with radio metadata headers and 
possibly a choice of multiple types of radio metadata headers (perhaps 
including "no radio metadata headers"), in monitor mode.

Therefore, the "choose a link-layer header type" widget for an interface has to 
change its contents if monitor mode is turned on or off for an interface.

If it's possible to share some or all of the code to change the widget with the 
code to set up the widget in the first place (presumably the source of the 
duplication), doing so would probably be a good idea.  If it's possible to 
share some of it between GTK+ and Qt (obviously sharing *all* of it won't be 
possible without significant additional work), that might also be a good thing 
to do.
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