Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Generic HDLC patch for 2.5.3 | Date | Sun, 3 Feb 2002 00:46:28 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> 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. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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