I'm adding the "Expert Info" prototype now, as it seems to be in a state where others might have a look and probably already find it useful :-). Anyway, we can easily disable it at one or two places in the code if it get's in our way of a new release.

Please see: http://wiki.ethereal.com/Development/ExpertInfo for a complete overview of the intended feature and it's current state of implementation.

While I'm working on this, I've also added some more status result codes to the DCE/RPC and DCOM dissectors.

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+/* expert.h
+ * Collecting of Expert information.
+ *
+ * For further info, see: http://wiki.ethereal.com/Development/ExpertInfo 
+ *
+ * $Id$
+ *
+ * Ethereal - Network traffic analyzer
+ * By Gerald Combs <gerald@ethereal.com>
+ * Copyright 1998 Gerald Combs
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
+ */
+
+#ifndef __EXPERT_H__
+#define __EXPERT_H__
+
+
+/** only for internal and display use */
+typedef struct expert_info_s {
+	int packet_num;
+	int group;
+	int severity;
+	gchar * protocol;
+	gchar * summary;
+} expert_info_t;
+
+
+extern void
+expert_init(void);
+
+extern void
+expert_cleanup(void);
+
+/** Add an expert info.
+ * XXX - add gcc format string check.
+
+ @param pinfo packet info of the currently processed packet
+ @param pi current protocol item (or NULL)
+ @param group the expert group (like PI_CHECKSUM)
+ @param severity the expert severity (like PI_WARN)
+ @param format printf like format string with further infos
+ */
+extern void
+expert_add_info_format(
+packet_info *pinfo, proto_item *pi, int group, int severity, const char *format, ...);
+
+#endif /* __EXPERT_H__ */