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Re: Speed specific Link-Layer Header Types for USB 2.0


From: Tomasz Moń via tcpdump-workers <tcpdump-workers () lists tcpdump org>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:21:19 +0200

--- Begin Message --- From: Tomasz Moń <desowin () gmail com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 20:21:19 +0200
On Mon, 2022-06-20 at 08:34 -0400, Michael Richardson wrote:
Tomasz Moń <desowin () gmail com> wrote:
    > On Tue, 2022-06-14 at 10:49 -0400, Michael Richardson wrote:
    >> Tomasz Moń via tcpdump-workers wrote:
    >>     > I think I have summed up whole discussion in the libpcap commit
    >>     > message. High-speed and Low-speed are pretty much clear, as these links
    >>     > never observe other speed packets. Full-speed is the only disputable
    >>     > one, but I believe the PRE packets are really a corner case that is not
    >>     > worth per-packet speed encoding. If the user has obsolete setup to
    >>     > trigger the corner case in the first place, then such user will
    >>     > definitely know to just capture at the downstream link for low-speed
    >>     > traffic.
    >>
    >> I think that Guy and I thought that you'll be better off with a single
    >> LINKTYPE with a subtype header, but if you want to go with three, I don't
    >> object.

    > I don't see any value (and according to information theory there is no
    > information) in per packet subtype header that would be set to exactly
    > the same value for *every single packet* captured on Low- or High-speed
    > link.

That's fine with me.
I will merge the pull request this afternoon.

A week has passed and the pull requests are still pending. Is there
anything left to do on my end?

Best Regards,
Tomasz

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