Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Paul Fulghum" <> | Subject | Re: SyncPPP Generic PPP merge | Date | Thu, 24 May 2001 18:27:35 -0500 |
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From: "Alan Cox" <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> > I suspect that bit can be fixed if need be. Its nice to keep a constant > naming between cisco/ppp modes. cisco/ppp autodetect is also possible and would > be rather nice to support
I can't see getting around moving the net device allocation out of each low level driver and into the layer above it. That removes duplicate code and allows syncppp to do the right thing (allocate it itself for cisco or allow ppp_generic.c do it for PPP). This would make net device naming consistancy easier.
The low level drivers should not need any awareness of the net device (possibly other than suggesting a name) as all they do is send and receive frames.
The rest of the syncppp API should be (re)usable.
> Assuming this is a 'when 2.5 starts' discussion I'd like initially to keep the > syncppp api is but the pppd code going via generic ppp - and yes it would > break configs. > > Clearly thats not 2.4 acceptable
Agreed, but it's a good time to call the cats to the herding pen.
Paul Fulghum paulkf@microgate.com Microgate Corporation http://www.microgate.com
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