On Thu, 21 Oct 2021 15:14:38 +0100
"Kinsella, Ray" [off-list ref] wrote:

On 20/10/2021 22:42, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

quoted

This is utility library for writing pcapng format files
used by Wireshark family of utilities. Older tcpdump
also knows how to read (but not write) this format.

See
   https://github.com/pcapng/pcapng/

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Reshma Pattan <redacted>
---
  lib/meson.build           |   1 +
  lib/pcapng/meson.build    |   8 +
  lib/pcapng/pcapng_proto.h | 129 ++++++++
  lib/pcapng/rte_pcapng.c   | 607 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  lib/pcapng/rte_pcapng.h   | 195 ++++++++++++
  lib/pcapng/version.map    |  12 +
  6 files changed, 952 insertions(+)
  create mode 100644 lib/pcapng/meson.build
  create mode 100644 lib/pcapng/pcapng_proto.h
  create mode 100644 lib/pcapng/rte_pcapng.c
  create mode 100644 lib/pcapng/rte_pcapng.h
  create mode 100644 lib/pcapng/version.map
  

Minor niggle, does this need a MAINTAINERS entry?

Acked-by: Ray Kinsella <redacted>

It doesn't need its own entry in MAINTAINERS.
If you look at the last patch, added that directory under the Packet Capture section.