Subject: Re: tcpdump(8) file format on 64bit arch
To: Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@iijlab.net>
From: Jason R Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: tech-net
Date: 06/11/2000 08:49:54
On Sun, Jun 11, 2000 at 09:23:14PM +0900, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino wrote:

 > 	at this moment, netbsd-current tcpdump(8) writes out "struct timeval"
 > 	into packet dump file (like -w).  this constitutes file incompatibility
 > 	between 32bit arch and 64bit arch.  tcpdump.org codebase now always
 > 	emit 32bit timeval.  Is it okay if I bring in this change?

Hm.  tcpdump.org should always emit a 64-bit timeval!  They clearly
weren't planning ahead on this one.

-- 
        -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@zembu.com>