On 03/02/2015 03:10 PM, Alexander Aring wrote: > Currently there exists two interface types with ARPHRD_IEEE802154. These > are the 802.15.4 interfaces and 802.15.4 6LoWPAN interfaces. This is > more a bug because some userspace applications checks on this value like > wireshark. This occurs that wireshark will always try to parse a lowpan > interface as 802.15.4 frames. With ARPHRD_6LOWPAN wireshark will parse > it as IPv6 frames which is correct. > > Much applications checks on this value to readout the EUI64 mac address > which should be the same for ARPHRD_6LOWPAN. BTLE 6LoWPAN and ieee802154 > 6LoWPAN will share now the same ARPHRD. Does this have effects on libpcap/tcpdump and/or wireshark? Marc -- Pengutronix e.K. | Marc Kleine-Budde | Industrial Linux Solutions | Phone: +49-231-2826-924 | Vertretung West/Dortmund | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | http://www.pengutronix.de |
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