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    SubjectRe: [ATMSAR] Request for review - update #1
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    On Monday 05 September 2005 14:56, David Woodhouse wrote:
    > On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 14:52 +0100, Alistair John Strachan wrote:
    > > I'm not sure which module you're referring to, but the patch recommended
    > > by the speedtouch people links to linux-atm, and does not require kernel
    > > ATM or kernel pppoatm functionality, or use any kernel modules. I do
    > > notice it does a system ("/sbin/modprobe pppoatm"); but this is
    > > definitely not required; I'm speaking to you from a speedtouch DSL
    > > connection, no module loaded or compiled in, no ATM support in the
    > > kernel.
    >
    > Then you're not using the pppoatm plugin; you needn't bother applying
    > that patch. You're probably just using the pseudo-tty hack.

    Ahh yes, I was confusing the pppd module with pppoa3, a userspace ppp-over-atm
    handler. Thanks for the correction.

    Still, I don't feel this detracts from the point that client ATM DSL device
    "drivers" can exist happily in userspace.

    --
    Cheers,
    Alistair.

    'No sense being pessimistic, it probably wouldn't work anyway.'
    Third year Computer Science undergraduate.
    1F2 55 South Clerk Street, Edinburgh, UK.
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