From c0c413bc8d8d341229915d1f08e7a7729275df95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: GUVWAF <thijs@havinga.eu>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 19:13:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add `hopStart` (original hopLimit of a packet) to MeshPacket

---
 meshtastic/mesh.options | 1 +
 meshtastic/mesh.proto   | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meshtastic/mesh.options b/meshtastic/mesh.options
index 731b3bc..5053693 100644
--- a/meshtastic/mesh.options
+++ b/meshtastic/mesh.options
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 *MeshPacket.encrypted max_size:256
 *MeshPacket.payload_variant anonymous_oneof:true
 *MeshPacket.hop_limit int_size:8
+*MeshPacket.hop_start int_size:8
 *MeshPacket.channel int_size:8
 
 *QueueStatus.res int_size:8
diff --git a/meshtastic/mesh.proto b/meshtastic/mesh.proto
index af08b80..4bf2313 100644
--- a/meshtastic/mesh.proto
+++ b/meshtastic/mesh.proto
@@ -1003,6 +1003,12 @@ message MeshPacket {
    * Describes whether this packet passed via MQTT somewhere along the path it currently took.
    */
   bool via_mqtt = 14;
+
+  /* 
+   * Hop limit with which the original packet started. Sent via LoRa using three bits in the unencrypted header. 
+   * When receiving a packet, the difference between hop_start and hop_limit gives how many hops it traveled.
+   */ 
+  uint32 hop_start = 15;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1539,5 +1545,4 @@ message DeviceMetadata {
    * Has Remote Hardware enabled
    */
   bool hasRemoteHardware = 10;
-}
-
+}
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