Re: linktype files should repeat the DLT value

[Guy Harris <gharris () sonic net>]

On Nov 22, 2025, at 12:17 PM, Michael Richardson <mcr () sandelman ca> wrote:

> 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.

DLT_ number or LINKTYPE_ number? They're *almost* always the same, but they're not *guaranteed* to be the same.

And why the number, given that we're using LINKTYPE_ names as well as the corresponding LinkType number in the table?

> I don't think that these files were generated, but I wanted to be sure before
> I hand-edit them to include a number.

They're not generated, except by copy-and-paste-and modify.

> I think that it should be an h3 header after the h2 title.

Rather than adding it to the h2 title and the page title, e.g. in parentheses after the LINKTYPE_ name?
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