Ethereal-dev: RE: [Ethereal-dev] Layered protocol query

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From: Tom Uijldert <Tom.Uijldert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 08:01:27 +0200 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Harris [mailto:gharris@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:56 PM
> To: Graham Bloice
> Cc: Ethereal-Dev@Ethereal. Com
> Subject: Re: [Ethereal-dev] Layered protocol query
[SNIP]
> > and also accumulate all the data over multiple data link frames
> > for the upper layers ?
> 
> You can probably use the reassembly code for that.  To see other
> dissectors that use reassembly code, look for "fragment_add" in the
> source.
> 
> "fragment_add()" would be used if the link-layer frames have 
> an IP-style
...etc.

Follows an excellent description on how to make reassambly code.

Might it be a good idea to put that in "doc/README.developer"?

Regards,
Tom Uijldert          Email: Tom.Uijldert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx