On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Gergely Madarasz wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Jan Kasprzak wrote:
>
> > Proposal 2: implement the common device allocation & registration code
> > similar to the init_etherdev() and ether_setup() routines.
>
> The problem I see with this: only syncppp and hdlc protocols can be used
> on those devices this way. The comx drivers support lapb thru the lapb
> stack, and they have a minimal frame relay support too. This would mean
> that different protocols need different initialization stuff, etc... which
> would make quite a mess, unless all the possible sync serial protocols are
> integrated into the syncppp driver... So I don't think this is a good
> idea.
Agreed. The Cyclades-PC300 driver also supports X.25 (through the Linux
implementation) and will support Frame Relay. So, unless all these
protocols are integrated into a single file, _or_ all of them have a
common interface to which they refer to, this is not a good idea.
Regards,
Ivan
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