Set default linktype LINUX_SLL2 when capturing on the "any" device

[tcpdump] / tcpdump.c

diff --git a/tcpdump.c b/tcpdump.c
index 5e0afd24b22f62c7971f9e74c2353065691fd0de..06d3d9b9d624758f5ba26703b08a1a61eb589347 100644 (file)
--- a/tcpdump.c
+++ b/tcpdump.c
@@ -1932,6 +1932,14 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
                show_remote_devices_and_exit();
 #endif
 
+#if defined(DLT_LINUX_SLL2) && defined(HAVE_PCAP_SET_DATALINK)
+/* Set default linktype DLT_LINUX_SLL2 when capturing on the "any" device */
+               if (device != NULL &&
+                   strncmp (device, "any", strlen("any")) == 0
+                   && yflag_dlt == -1)
+                       yflag_dlt = DLT_LINUX_SLL2;
+#endif
+
        switch (ndo->ndo_tflag) {
 
        case 0: /* Default */
@@ -2180,7 +2188,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
                        }
 #endif
                        (void)fprintf(stderr, "%s: data link type %s\n",
-                                     program_name, yflag_dlt_name);
+                                     program_name,
+                                     pcap_datalink_val_to_name(yflag_dlt));
                        (void)fflush(stderr);
                }
                i = pcap_snapshot(pd);
@@ -2461,7 +2470,7 @@ DIAG_ON_CLANG(assign-enum)
                 */
                if (!ndo->ndo_vflag && !WFileName) {
                        (void)fprintf(stderr,
-                           "%s: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode\n",
+                           "%s: verbose output suppressed, use -v[v]... for full protocol decode\n",
                            program_name);
                } else
                        (void)fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", program_name);