Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Paul Fulghum" <> | Subject | SyncPPP Generic PPP merge | Date | Thu, 24 May 2001 14:27:48 -0600 |
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From: "Alan Cox" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> > I had hoped for 2.4 to use generic ppp with it. That might be the more > productive way to attack the problem.
Generic PPP requires the user mode pppd to handle the LCP and NCPs, while syncppp implements these in the kernel.
Instead of using ifconfig to bring an interface up or down, the user must now work with pppd. And the net device naming changes (allocated by ppp_generic.c instead of using the net device allocated by low level driver).
I have no problem with this, but some people might not be happy with the change.
Is the plan to *replace* the PPP code in syncppp (hopefully in a way that is invisible to the low level drivers)?
Or is it to *add* generic PPP support to syncppp, leaving (at least temporarily) the existing PPP capability in syncppp for compatibility? (implying a new syncppp flag USE_GENERIC_PPP?)
Paul Fulghum paulkf@microgate.com Microgate Corporation www.microgate.com
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