Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Feb 2000 14:07:22 -0800 (PST) | From | Linux Lists <> | Subject | Re: Proposed SyncPPP layer modifications |
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On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Gergely Madarasz wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Jan Kasprzak wrote: > > > Proposal 2: implement the common device allocation & registration code > > similar to the init_etherdev() and ether_setup() routines. > > The problem I see with this: only syncppp and hdlc protocols can be used > on those devices this way. The comx drivers support lapb thru the lapb > stack, and they have a minimal frame relay support too. This would mean > that different protocols need different initialization stuff, etc... which > would make quite a mess, unless all the possible sync serial protocols are > integrated into the syncppp driver... So I don't think this is a good > idea.
Agreed. The Cyclades-PC300 driver also supports X.25 (through the Linux implementation) and will support Frame Relay. So, unless all these protocols are integrated into a single file, _or_ all of them have a common interface to which they refer to, this is not a good idea.
Regards, Ivan
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