Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] Re: WAN: new PPP code for generic HDLC | | From | Krzysztof Halasa <> | | Date | Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:50:27 +0100 | |
Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> writes:
> I guess it should go into 2.6.25, not sure about "stable"
> series. I will appreciate any feedback, review and/or test
> results.
Right. Perhaps I should care a bit more about the stable series...
> At the time of the posting 2.6.25-rc6 had already been released, which
> seems like an inappropriate time for all that new code, which has been
> given so little exposure to real world testing.
Sure.
> Certainly your original message said PPP panics, but without even
> minimal testing how do we know that your new code doesn't have equally
> problematic issues?
Well, there was something like "minimal testing", and it doesn't panic
100% like the old code does. But the probability that it won't work
correctly is quite high.
IOW: the new version is certainly better than the old one, though it's
not the normal quality (in terms of testing) I'd like to see.
> So quite honestly a CONFIG_BROKEN patch might indeed be more
> appropriate since generic HDLC works with Frame Relay at least...
Actually Frame Relay and other protocols are not affected, the PPP
patch doesn't change them a bit, it's a different module. The new code
only affect PPP protocol.
I'm fine with the Kconfig patch, actually I'm not sure what is better
at this time - a known broken module marked as such or a new module
with some small chances that it will crash the machine and with much
bigger chances that it won't work with a certain PPP implementation on
the other end.
Something like that?
Untested :-)
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
--- a/drivers/net/wan/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/Kconfig
@@ -150,9 +150,13 @@ config HDLC_FR
config HDLC_PPP
tristate "Synchronous Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) support"
- depends on HDLC
+ depends on HDLC && BROKEN
help
Generic HDLC driver supporting PPP over WAN connections.
+ This module is currently broken and will cause a kernel panic
+ when a device configured in PPP mode is activated.
+
+ It will be replaced by new PPP implementation in Linux 2.6.26.
If unsure, say N.
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