[EXT] Re: [RFC PATCH] graph: add support for pcap trace for graph

Stephen Hemminger stephen at networkplumber.org
Fri Jan 6 17:41:23 CET 2023


On Fri, 6 Jan 2023 10:40:30 +0000
Amit Prakash Shukla <amitprakashs at marvell.com> wrote:

> Thanks Stephen for the review. Sure, will use lib/pcapng.
> 
> I see dpdk libpcapng adds most of the debugging data, however I would like to add a node name to the packets which I am thinking of adding using 'comment' option under 'Enhanced Packet Block' .
> 
> Please let me know if that's fine.
> 
> Thanks,
> Amit Shukla

The pcapng supports comment on file, and the revised version has more interface info.
If you want comment on a per-packet basis that should not be a major change.

Rather than node name, maybe packet id would be better (epb_packetid)


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