Wireshark-bugs: [Wireshark-bugs] [Bug 8573] New Dissector Patch - PTP/IP
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 02:25:56 +0000

Comment # 17 on bug 8573 from 
(In reply to comment #16)
> (In reply to comment #13)
> > 
> > - Rather than manually passing extra bytes off to the 'data' dissector,
> > please use a new-style dissector that returns the number of bytes dissected
> > and let Wireshark handle any extra as appropriate.
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> New-Style dissector?  Is there a dissector or guide you can recommend I use
> for reference?

Check doc/packet-PROTOABBREV.c which is a sample dissector. In short, register
using new_create_dissector_handle instead of create_dissector_handle. The
dissection function should return an int, the number of bytes dissected as
belonging to the protocol.

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