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linktype files should repeat the DLT value


From: Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ca>
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2025 15:17:47 -0500

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Guy, while debating the IANA instructions on the IETF list, I decided to use
an example.  The first on the list was:
  https://www.tcpdump.org/linktypes/LINKTYPE_APPLE_IP_OVER_IEEE1394.html

and a nit I just noticed is that none of the link type explanation pages say
which DLT they are for!  Yes, there is a name... I'm just saying that I think
that the number should go in there somewhere.
I don't think that these files were generated, but I wanted to be sure before
I hand-edit them to include a number.  

I think that it should be an h3 header after the h2 title.
And this (the HTML/CSS) is really the part where I'm seeking feedback :-)

I'd like to create an update to linktypes.html (on a branch, with a PR), that
would be the post-RFC version of instructions.
The table would be generated by pulling the IANA .xml file.

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