From owner-freebsd-isdn Wed Aug 19 03:16:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id DAA20283 for freebsd-isdn-outgoing; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 03:16:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from alushta.NL.net (alushta.NL.net [193.78.240.22]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id DAA20278 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 03:16:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bert_driehuis@nl.compuware.com) Received: from uniface by alushta.NL.net with UUCP id <9699-3399>; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 12:10:59 +0200 Received: from nl.compuware.com (bertd@c1111.nl.compuware.com [172.16.16.36]) by dewmoth.nl.compuware.com (8.6.9/961125) with ESMTP id MAA06058 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 12:08:10 +0200 Message-ID: <35DAA399.BDBD138B@nl.compuware.com> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1998 12:06:17 +0200 From: Bert Driehuis Organization: Compuware Europe, Amsterdam X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; BSD/OS 3.1 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ISDN for BSD Subject: Re: Problems with ppp and idletimeout References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isdn@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hellmuth Michaelis 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, rbch = Raw B-CHannel access) in a > rudimentary form. Errr yes, but the ditty I put together had not reflection in device land. It shows up in the kernel as ibc, in exactly the same way a physical synchronous interface shows up op BSD/OS. The device can be manipulated with ifconfig, and ppp just "knows" how to talk to it. Of course, the sync PPP driver isn't really tailored towards dialup, so there's some raw edges there, but on the whole it works enough not to bother with the BISDN version... I'll have to come up with *something* to manage the connection, so... The BSD/OS kernel interface to point-to-point devices is pretty neat. Cheers, -- Bert -- Bert Driehuis, MIS -- bert_driehuis@nl.compuware.com -- +31-20-3116119 The grand leap of the whale up the Fall of Niagara is esteemed, by all who have seen it, as one of the finest spectacles in nature. -- Benjamin Franklin. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message