Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: zilog 8530 SCC based cards | Date | Mon, 15 Jun 1998 11:44:31 +0100 (BST) |
| |
> * AX.25 uses HDLC. So the basic difference is just the encapsulation, right? > (Maybe the FCS is different, but it should be trivial to make that > configurable).
HDLC defines the FCS. And the 8530 itself does most of the work at the per byte level
> * Is it easy/difficult/impossible to have different encapsulations with the > same driver?
Its not impossible. The driver can respond to config ioctls and can also hand upwards frames with different protocol types
> * Such sync hdlc lines do operate full duplex, don't they?
Normally
Alan
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
| |