| To: | "Wikström, Mårten" <Marten.Wikstrom@xxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: SyncPPP vs. ppp_synctty |
| From: | Krzysztof Halasa <khc@xxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | 15 Oct 2001 17:24:04 +0200 |
| Cc: | "''linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ' '" <linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "''netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx ' '" <netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx> |
| In-reply-to: | "Wikström, Mårten"'s message of "Mon, 15 Oct 2001 10:25:34 +0200" |
| References: | <499AC99D205FD51197CD0002A574C4F8052416@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Sender: | owner-netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx |
"Wikström, Mårten" <Marten.Wikstrom@xxxxxxx> writes: > But the ppp_generic requires a tty device, i.e. is character-oriented, where > as the syncppp is network-oriented. Aren't they fundamentally different. How > can they be merged? Wouldn't that require the network card to emulate a tty? PPP as a whole _is_ network-oriented. generic_ppp currently needs a tty device, but I think it just should be changed to provide PPP services to existing network devices as well. -- Krzysztof Halasa Network Administrator |
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