From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 7 05:17:41 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 838A916A4CE for ; Fri, 7 May 2004 05:17:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cell.sick.ru (cell.sick.ru [217.72.144.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 85F1143D41 for ; Fri, 7 May 2004 05:17:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glebius@cell.sick.ru) Received: from cell.sick.ru (glebius@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cell.sick.ru (8.12.9/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i47CHcQE097401 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 7 May 2004 16:17:39 +0400 (MSD) (envelope-from glebius@cell.sick.ru) Received: (from glebius@localhost) by cell.sick.ru (8.12.9/8.12.6/Submit) id i47CHc9T097400; Fri, 7 May 2004 16:17:38 +0400 (MSD) Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 16:17:38 +0400 From: Gleb Smirnoff To: Dmitry Morozovsky Message-ID: <20040507121738.GA97302@cell.sick.ru> Mail-Followup-To: Gleb Smirnoff , Dmitry Morozovsky , freebsd-net@freebsd.org References: <20040507160253.B61288@woozle.rinet.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040507160253.B61288@woozle.rinet.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FrameRelay support for cx/ctau adapters X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 12:17:41 -0000 On Fri, May 07, 2004 at 04:08:52PM +0400, Dmitry Morozovsky wrote: D> we're using Cronyx adapters, some of them in FremaRelay mode, which has been D> supported by cronyx-made drivers available from vendor site for most of FreeBSD D> versions. FR support involves modifications to sppp kernel routines. D> D> Main driver maintainer is now FreeBSD committer (rik@). D> However, during merging cx/ctau into the tree, FR suppport has not been D> incorporated. Roman told me there are some objections to these modifications. D> D> Can I ask for more complete cx/ctau support including FR? D> D> Please keep me CC'd, as I'm not subscribed to -net. FreeBSD has support for FR with help of nodes ng_frame_relay and ng_lmi. This support is hardware independent. And it works perfectly with cronyx adapters. What is a reason for merging hardware specific support from old cronyx driver into base system? P.S. I'll try to translate cronyx docs into english this weekend, and submit them as a manpage. -- Totus tuus, Glebius. GLEBIUS-RIPN GLEB-RIPE