Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 2 Feb 2002 20:03:32 -0500 | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Generic HDLC patch for 2.5.3 |
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On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 12:46:28AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > It adds undiscussed networking changed which I very much doubt DaveM > > would approve of, and I do not approve of: SIOCDEVICE is far too > > generic for inclusion, and it adds a structure for passing untyped > > data which is very definitely non-portable. > > You need a very generic structure for WAN interfaces because they have > ridiculously large numbers of configurable options. These changes were > discussed over a year ago. > > I agree with the comment about untyped data. That does want to be cleaned > up a chunk more.
Ok... SIOC[GS]WANDEVICE or somesuch?
It could be made more portable and still say generic, IMHO.
Jeff
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