Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:55:32 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Allow LAPB users know which data were actually sent. |
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:20:22 -0400 Sergey Lapin <slapin@ossfans.org> wrote:
> Normally, when LAPB is transport layer for X.25 protocol, > internal mechanics of X.25 knows wheather data were actually > received by peer. But for non-X.25 protocols which use LAPB > as data reliability layer, it is important to have some way > to know what was actually sent, so we add transmit indication.
Looks sensible but your patch doesn't add a user for it so what is it needed for ?
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