Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Jul 1999 22:05:49 +0200 | From | Jan Kasprzak <> | Subject | Re: Synchronous board drivers |
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Gergely Madarasz wrote: : On Sun, 4 Jul 1999, Jan Kasprzak wrote: : > Alan Cox wrote: : > : > I agree with Krzysztof that sync board driver should be as simple : > : > as possible, and syncppp.c (or whatever it will be named) should do : > : > everything else (registering net device, switching link protocols, etc). : > : : > : Why ? : > : : > : What if I want to do things differently. Right now I can re-educate syncppp. : > : I can for example switch to hardware ppp and use software for X.25 : > : : > Yes, I know that mid-layer approach is not flexible enough, : > but I think we still want to move more work (e.g. registering the device name : > and maybe the character device emulation) to syncppp.c. : : Why is the character device emulation needed at all ?
I occasionaly use sync line for transfering raw data instead of some network protocol. I think most sync board drivers have some sort of character device emulation. IMHO it would be wise to move it to syncppp.c.
-Yenya
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