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1. Plugins
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Writing a "plugin" dissector is not very different from writing a
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standard one. In fact all of the functions described in
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README.developer can be used in the plugins exactly as the are used in
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standard dissectors.
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(Note, however, that not all OSes on which Wireshark runs can support
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plugins.)
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If you've chosen "xxx" as the name of your plugin (typically, that would
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be a short name for your protocol, in all lower case), the following
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instructions tell you how to implement it as a plugin. All occurrences
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of "xxx" below should be replaced by the name of your plugin.
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2. The directory for the plugin, and its files
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The plugin should be placed in a new plugins/xxx directory which should
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contain minimally the following files:
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AUTHORS
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COPYING
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ChangeLog
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Makefile.am
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Makefile.common
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Makefile.nmake
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moduleinfo.h
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The source files and header files for your dissector
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2.1 AUTHORS, COPYING, and ChangeLog
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The AUTHORS, COPYING, and ChangeLog are the standard sort of GPL project
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files; see plugins/docsis for examples.
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2.2 Makefile.am and Makefile.nmake
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For your plugins/xxx/Makefile.am and plugins/xxx/Makefile.nmake files,
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see the corresponding files in plugins/docsis. Replace all occurrences
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of "docsis" in those files with "xxx".
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2.3 Makefile.common
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Your plugins/xxx/Makefile.common should list the source files for your
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dissector, in the DISSECTOR_SRC variable, and the header files for your
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dissector, if any, in the DISSECTOR_INCLUDES variable. (The
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DISSECTOR_INCLUDES variable should not include moduleinfo.h.)
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2.4 moduleinfo.h
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Your plugins/xxx/moduleinfo.h file is used to set the version
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information for the plugin. An example follows:
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/* Included *after* config.h, in order to re-define these macros */
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#ifdef PACKAGE
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#undef PACKAGE
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#endif
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/* Name of package */
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#define PACKAGE "xxx"
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#ifdef VERSION
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#undef VERSION
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#endif
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/* Version number of package */
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#define VERSION "0.0.8"
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3. Changes to existing Wireshark files
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You will also need to change the plugins/Makefile.am toplevel
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Makefile.am, the plugins/Makefile.nmake toplevel Makefile.nmake, the
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toplevel Makefile.am file, and the toplevel configure.in file.
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3.1 Changes to plugins/Makefile.am
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The plugins directory contains a Makefile.am.
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You need to change the SUBDIRS directive to reflect the addition of
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your plugin:
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SUBDIRS = \
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gryphon \
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mgcp \
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xxx
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3.2 Changes to plugins/Makefile.nmake
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To the Makefile.nmake you need to add your plugin to the all: rule
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all: \
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gryphon \
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mgcp \
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xxx
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then add a rule for your plugin:
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xxx::
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cd xxx
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$(MAKE) /$(MAKEFLAGS) -f Makefile.nmake
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cd ..
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and finally add to the clean rule support for cleaning up after your
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plugin:
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clean:
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cd gryphon
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$(MAKE) /$(MAKEFLAGS) -f Makefile.nmake clean
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cd ../mgcp
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$(MAKE) /$(MAKEFLAGS) -f Makefile.nmake clean
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cd ..
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cd xxx
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$(MAKE) /$(MAKEFLAGS) -f Makefile.nmake clean
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cd ..
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distclean: clean
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cd gryphon
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$(MAKE) /$(MAKEFLAGS) -f Makefile.nmake distclean
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cd ../mgcp
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$(MAKE) /$(MAKEFLAGS) -f Makefile.nmake distclean
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cd ..
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cd xxx
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$(MAKE) /$(MAKEFLAGS) -f Makefile.nmake distclean
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cd ..
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maintainer-clean: clean
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cd gryphon
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$(MAKE) /$(MAKEFLAGS) -f Makefile.nmake maintainer-clean
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cd ../mgcp
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$(MAKE) /$(MAKEFLAGS) -f Makefile.nmake maintainer-clean
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cd ..
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cd xxx
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$(MAKE) /$(MAKEFLAGS) -f Makefile.nmake maintainer-clean
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cd ..
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3.3 Changes to the top level Makefile.am
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Unfortunately there are quite some several places in the top level
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Makefile.am that need to be altered for adding a plugin.
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Add your plugin to the plugin_libs and plugin_ldadd (two times):
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plugin_libs = \
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plugins/gryphon/gryphon.la \
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plugins/mgcp/mgcp.la \
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plugins/xxx/xxx.la
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if ENABLE_STATIC
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plugin_ldadd = \
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plugins/gryphon/gryphon.o \
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plugins/mgcp/mgcp.o \
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plugins/xxx/xxx.o
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else # ENABLE_STATIC
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plugin_ldadd = \
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"-dlopen" self \
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"-dlopen" plugins/gryphon/gryphon.la \
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"-dlopen" plugins/mgcp/mgcp.la \
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"-dlopen" plugins/xxx/xxx.la
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3.4 Changes to top level configure.in
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You need to add your plugins Makefile to the AC_OUTPUT rule in the
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configure.in
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AC_OUTPUT(
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Makefile
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doc/Makefile
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gtk/Makefile
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packaging/Makefile
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packaging/nsis/Makefile
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packaging/rpm/Makefile
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packaging/rpm/wireshark.spec
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packaging/svr4/Makefile
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packaging/svr4/checkinstall
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packaging/svr4/pkginfo
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plugins/Makefile
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plugins/gryphon/Makefile
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plugins/mgcp/Makefile
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plugins/xxx/Makefile
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tools/Makefile
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tools/lemon/Makefile
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4. Development and plugins
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Plugins make some aspects of development easier and some harder.
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The good news is that if you are working on a single plugin
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then you will find recompiling the plugin MUCH faster than
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recompiling a dissector and then linking it back into wireshark.
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The bad news is that wireshark will not use the plugin unless the
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plugin is installed in one of the places it expects to look.
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One way to deal with this problem is to set up a working root for
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wireshark, say in $HOME/build/root and build wireshark to install
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there
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./configure --prefix=${HOME}/build/root;make install
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then subsequent rebuilds/installs of your plugin can be accomplished
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by going to the plugins/xxx directory and running
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make install
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5. How to update an "old style" plugin (using plugin_init function)
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The plugin registering has changed between 0.10.9 and 0.10.10; everyone
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is encouraged to update their plugins as outlined below:
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o Remove following include statements from all plugin sources:
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#include "plugins/plugin_api.h"
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#include "plugins/plugin_api_defs.h"
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o Remove the init function.
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o Add a new Makefile.common file with the lists of source files and
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headers.
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o Change the Makefile.am and Makefile.nmake files to match those of
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the DOCSIS plugin.
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----------------
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Ed Warnicke <hagbard@physics.rutgers.edu>
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Guy Harris <guy@alum.mit.edu>
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Derived and expanded from the plugin section of README.developers
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which was originally written by
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James Coe <jammer@cin.net>
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Gilbert Ramirez <gram@alumni.rice.edu>
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Jeff Foster <jfoste@woodward.com>
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Olivier Abad <oabad@cybercable.fr>
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Laurent Deniel <laurent.deniel@free.fr>
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