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| author | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2015-08-03 14:14:50 -0700 |
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| committer | Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu> | 2015-08-03 21:15:54 +0000 |
| commit | 2964c281ab4cda312e235ba79bae3c5bcc30a60e (patch) | |
| tree | 37b10ec1396a0f9e189026275acbbb2e391eb4d0 /epan/dissectors/packet-ieee8023.c | |
| parent | ae05f77630d94f6cfa8bdb65b058ea553f773585 (diff) | |
Update a comment to reflect reality as of 1997.
"IEEE 802.3" has, since IEEE 802.3y-1997, supported a type/length field,
not just a length field (i.e., they acknowledged reality), so it's no
as if there are "802.3" as opposed to "D/I/X" or "Ethernet II" frames.
Change-Id: Ie7f61e48cb2a343a7c83e0747a6eee46964fc335
Reviewed-on: https://code.wireshark.org/review/9858
Reviewed-by: Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>
Diffstat (limited to 'epan/dissectors/packet-ieee8023.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | epan/dissectors/packet-ieee8023.c | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/epan/dissectors/packet-ieee8023.c b/epan/dissectors/packet-ieee8023.c index 422963864f..bfc28bc0d4 100644 --- a/epan/dissectors/packet-ieee8023.c +++ b/epan/dissectors/packet-ieee8023.c @@ -1,5 +1,12 @@ /* packet-ieee8023.c - * Routine for dissecting 802.3 (as opposed to D/I/X Ethernet) packets. + * Routine for dissecting Ethernet packets with a length field (as opposed + * to a type field). + * + * The name "ieee8023" is historical, dating back to when IEEE Std 802.3 + * had only a length field and expected all packets to have an 802.2 + * header following the MAC header. Since IEEE 802.3y-1997, 802.3 + * supports either a type field or a length field, so it's no longer + * correct to refer to "802.3" vs. "D/I/X" or vs. "Ethernet II" frames. * * Wireshark - Network traffic analyzer * By Gerald Combs <gerald@wireshark.org> |