Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264454AbTGKRF6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:05:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264463AbTGKRF5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:05:57 -0400 Received: from perninha.conectiva.com.br ([200.250.58.156]:9944 "EHLO perninha.conectiva.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264454AbTGKRF4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Jul 2003 13:05:56 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 14:18:10 -0300 (BRT) From: Marcelo Tosatti X-X-Sender: marcelo@freak.distro.conectiva To: Henrique Oliveira Cc: Alan Cox , Kevin Curtis , lkml Subject: Re: Why is generic hldc beig ignored? RE:Linux 2.4.22-pre4 In-Reply-To: <013901c347cd$44586f60$602fa8c0@henrique> Message-ID: References: <7C078C66B7752B438B88E11E5E20E72E25C978@GENERAL.farsite.co.uk> <003101c34712$a9b8f480$602fa8c0@henrique> <1057914760.8028.27.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <013901c347cd$44586f60$602fa8c0@henrique> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1249 Lines: 28 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 ? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/