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| author | guy <guy@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7> | 2004-01-08 20:05:20 +0000 |
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| committer | guy <guy@f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7> | 2004-01-08 20:05:20 +0000 |
| commit | 7bd510b2ae7635e33574599460a7aba14fba2150 (patch) | |
| tree | 3bc7d1e406dd91ca6dd07e32d37bb66868de29ca /packet-bpdu.c | |
| parent | 3df3bd2333e8c62e12a8de7ef7d16a5c2d146119 (diff) | |
Update the comment about the length issue to reflect mail from somebody
on the stds-802-1@ieee.org list.
git-svn-id: http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk@9599 f5534014-38df-0310-8fa8-9805f1628bb7
Diffstat (limited to 'packet-bpdu.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | packet-bpdu.c | 17 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/packet-bpdu.c b/packet-bpdu.c index 2baaf3ab80..48db6c4502 100644 --- a/packet-bpdu.c +++ b/packet-bpdu.c @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ /* packet-bpdu.c * Routines for BPDU (Spanning Tree Protocol) disassembly * - * $Id: packet-bpdu.c,v 1.49 2004/01/07 21:14:51 guy Exp $ + * $Id: packet-bpdu.c,v 1.50 2004/01/08 20:05:20 guy Exp $ * * Copyright 1999 Christophe Tronche <ch.tronche@computer.org> * @@ -347,11 +347,18 @@ dissect_bpdu(tvbuff_t *tvb, packet_info *pinfo, proto_tree *tree) * Version 3 length representing an integral number, from 0 * to 64 inclusive, of MSTI Configuration Messages". * - * It appears that Cisco's C3550 software (C3550-I5Q3L2-M, - * Version 12.1(12c)EA1) uses the latter interpretation. + * According to mail from a member of the stds-802-1@ieee.org + * list, item 14.4.e.3 is just saying that the length must + * not have a value that implies that there's a partial + * MSTI message in the packet, and that it's in units of + * bytes, not messages. * - * So if the length is too short, we assume it's the latter - * interpretation. + * However, it appears that Cisco's C3550 software + * (C3550-I5Q3L2-M, Version 12.1(12c)EA1) might be sending out + * lengths in units of messages. + * + * So if the length is too short, we assume it's because it's + * in units of messages, not bytes. */ if (version_3_length < VERSION_3_STATIC_LENGTH - 2) { set_actual_length(tvb, RST_BPDU_SIZE + |