Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 21:41:36 +0200 (CEST) From: hm@kts.org (Hellmuth Michaelis) To: freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG (ISDN for BSD) Subject: Re: Problems with ppp and idletimeout Message-ID: <m0z8rdQ-00002IC@bert.kts.org> In-Reply-To: <35D9A659.85BF0472@nl.compuware.com> from Bert Driehuis at "Aug 18, 98 06:05:45 pm"
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Bert Driehuis wrote:
> Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:
>
> > Which creates another idea:
> > I'd like to see an interface where the hdlc level is provided to other kernel
> > modules, so that, e.g., I could do:
This interface exists (/dev/i4brbch<n>, rbch = Raw B-CHannel access) in a
rudimentary form.
> > Of course, this is a long-term goal; the async ppp stuff would need to be split
> > up, too. OTOH, it is (or was originally) designed to have such an interface.
> >
> > This way, isdn people could benefit from whatever work is already available
> > in the PPP module, and concentrate on debugging the difficult stuff.
>
> This, matter of fact, is how my BISDN driver for BSD/OS worked (and what I
> plan on doing for the ISDN4BSD port to BSD/OS). In theory, this would take
> advantage of BSD/OS's exisiting support for e.g. channel bundling. Haven't
> tried it though...
Eivind Eklund is working on interfacing the multilink PPP daemon with
the rbch interface(s).
hellmuth
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