On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 4:19 PM, <mman...@netscape.net> wrote: > The SocketCan dissector has an enumerated preference to pick its > subdissector, manually finding all enumerated options through > find_dissector(). This doesn't work well for plugins and they are not going > to modify enum preference source as the whole point is to not have to modify > Wireshark source to get a plugin to work. > > So I feel I have a few choices: > 1. Change enumeration to "string" preference to have user put it dissector > by name. I think this requires too much intimate knowledge of Wireshark and > results in "Go Fish" (either to get the dissector name right or incorrectly > trying to dissect protocols that don't run over CAN) > 2. I'd like a dissector table with for the dissectors to register with > dissector_add_for_decode_as (there is no "value" that distinguishes > subdissectors), but that either leaves the enum preference "useless" or it > just gets in the way of Decode As (which seems like the proper place for > this all along). And I can't seem to figure out how I would populate a enum > list with the dissectors in time to register the preference. > > Is there a best/preferred solution for this? I'm leaning towards just > removing the enum preference in favor of strictly using Decode As (and using > User Specific Decodes as any notion of a "saved" preference)
+1 If I remember correctly, Wireshark Qt saves Decode As settings by default anyways. ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> Archives: https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-requ...@wireshark.org?subject=unsubscribe
