From 30278c443a1da4589701b36f74333a797e24c388 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cian Ferriter Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 13:21:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] doc: remove reference to pcapng init function The rte_pcapng_init function doesn't exist, so remove it from the docs. Also fix minor mistakes in the file. Signed-off-by: Cian Ferriter Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger --- doc/guides/prog_guide/pcapng_lib.rst | 7 ++----- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/guides/prog_guide/pcapng_lib.rst b/doc/guides/prog_guide/pcapng_lib.rst index cc3eccc757..d18ebdbd1f 100644 --- a/doc/guides/prog_guide/pcapng_lib.rst +++ b/doc/guides/prog_guide/pcapng_lib.rst @@ -5,14 +5,14 @@ Packet Capture Next Generation Library ====================================== Exchanging packet traces becomes more and more critical every day. -The de facto standard for this is the format define by libpcap; +The de facto standard for this is the format defined by libpcap; but that format is rather old and is lacking in functionality for more modern applications. The `Pcapng file format`_ is the default capture file format for modern network capture processing tools such as `wireshark`_ (can also be read by `tcpdump`_). -The Pcapng library is a an API for formatting packet data +The Pcapng library is an API for formatting packet data into a Pcapng file. The format conforms to the current `Pcapng RFC`_ standard. It is designed to be integrated with the packet capture library. @@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ It is designed to be integrated with the packet capture library. Usage ----- -Before the library can be used, the function ``rte_pcapng_init`` -should be called once to initialize timestamp computation. - The output stream is created with ``rte_pcapng_fdopen``, and should be closed with ``rte_pcapng_close``. -- 2.39.5