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From: Marcelo Tosatti <marcelo@conectiva.com.br>
To: Henrique Oliveira <henrique2.gobbi@cyclades.com>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Kevin Curtis <kevin.curtis@farsite.co.uk>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Why is generic hldc beig ignored?   RE:Linux 2.4.22-pre4
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 14:18:10 -0300 (BRT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.55L.0307111416100.29959@freak.distro.conectiva> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <013901c347cd$44586f60$602fa8c0@henrique>



On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Henrique Oliveira wrote:

> Hello !!!
> No offence here but the generic hdlc layer's been always confusing. I will
> write here what I believe is going on.
> Until version 2.4.20 we had the old hdlc layer, with only one source file
> hdlc.c. People that wanted to use the new hdlc layer had to apply a patch
> provided by Halasa or by the WAN cards vendors. The kernel 2.4.21 came out
> with the new hdlc layer, that includes a couple of files: hdlc_generic.c,
> hdlc_fr.c, hdlc_ppp.c, hdlc_raw.c, etc. I don't know the status of the -ac
> tree but I can say that the kernel 2.4.21 has the new code.
> The new hdlc layer really needs new tools. This new tool can (supposedly) be
> found at Halasa's web site. I don't know if someone has tested these tools
> but I am about to run a test this afternoon. If someone is interested on the
> results, just drop me a line.

I am.

Please report the results of your tests and CC lkml.

And Alan, what the -ac tree hdlc changes are about ?

  reply	other threads:[~2003-07-11 17:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-07-10 15:38 Why is generic hldc beig ignored? RE:Linux 2.4.22-pre4 Kevin Curtis
2003-07-10 17:11 ` Marcelo Tosatti
2003-07-10 18:39   ` Henrique Oliveira
2003-07-11  9:12     ` Alan Cox
2003-07-11 16:55       ` Henrique Oliveira
2003-07-11 17:18         ` Marcelo Tosatti [this message]
2003-07-11 17:27           ` Jeff Garzik
2003-07-11 18:05             ` Krzysztof Halasa
2003-07-11 18:00       ` Krzysztof Halasa
2003-07-11  8:30 Kevin Curtis
     [not found] <20030711212551.A25528@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
2003-07-14 11:36 ` Frantisek Rysánek
2003-07-14 12:27   ` Francois Romieu
2003-07-14 13:16   ` Krzysztof Halasa

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