From: James Carlson <carlsonj@workingcode.com>
To: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Control pppd behaviour
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:39:36 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4B740898.6050108@workingcode.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <27543592.post@talk.nabble.com>
Ashmath Khan wrote:
> Thanks James for long explanation.
>
> Let me explain. I am actually looking for a different retry mechanism
> for failures. My retry interval would vary depending on the number of
> retries. To given an example:
> nth retry is to be attempted at (n - 1)3 x 10 secs after previous attempt
Why? You still haven't explained what you're doing.
What problem are you attempting to solve? Can you give us any hints at all?
> So the retry interval is not constant but derived from a formula.
>
> Are such things possible without modifying the code ?
No. See pppd/fsm.c, f->timeouttime, and the TIMEOUT() macro.
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James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W <carlsonj@workingcode.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-02-11 13:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-02-11 8:10 Control pppd behaviour Hashmat Khan
2010-02-11 9:03 ` walter harms
2010-02-11 12:05 ` Ashmath Khan
2010-02-11 13:18 ` James Carlson
2010-02-11 13:39 ` James Carlson [this message]
2010-02-11 13:43 ` Ashmath Khan
2010-02-11 13:49 ` Ashmath Khan
2010-02-11 14:41 ` James Carlson
2010-02-11 14:45 ` James Carlson
2010-02-11 14:51 ` Ashmath Khan
2010-02-11 14:51 ` Ashmath Khan
2010-02-11 14:58 ` James Carlson
2010-02-11 14:59 ` Ashmath Khan
2010-02-11 15:15 ` Ashmath Khan
2010-02-11 15:45 ` James Carlson
2010-02-11 16:50 ` Ashmath Khan
2010-02-11 17:01 ` James Carlson
2010-02-11 17:44 ` James Carlson
2010-02-11 17:48 ` Ashmath Khan
2010-02-11 17:52 ` Charlie Brady
2010-02-12 2:24 ` Ashmath Khan
2010-02-12 8:04 ` James Chapman
2010-02-12 12:55 ` James Carlson
2010-02-12 14:20 ` Ashmath Khan
2010-02-12 14:32 ` James Carlson
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