Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 08:59:10 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: Paul Fulghum <paulkf@microgate.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel ppp (pppd) newer than ver 2.3.5 in -STABLE Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908110853350.22298-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <000e01bee40a$7bebcf10$0c00a8c0@microgate.com>
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On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, Paul Fulghum wrote: > Kris: > > I am the author of the kernel patches for 3.0/3.1. The changes to add sync > support work with a driver for our sync adapter. The driver install included > a patch that added the new IOCTL call. This should have been included with > the ppp kernel patches. > > I created, tested and attached a patch against ppp-2.3.8 that adds the > IOCTL patch (ttycom.h) to the ppp-2.3.8 kernel install. I will also forward > this > patch to Paul Mackerras for inclusion with the ppp package. Thanks, I'll see how it goes with the patch applied. > The original intent was to add these patches and our driver to freebsd, > such that the kernel install would not be necessary for 3.2+, > but all of my submissions and queries have been pretty much ignored. > (Poul-Henning Kamp said he would look into it, but that was some time ago). > So until there is some way to submit drivers for inclusion with FreeBSD, > the patches remain the only alternative. PR kern/11235 states that phk would attach your patches to the PR when he received them - has he received them but not done so? An addendum to the PR describing exactly what your driver implements would increase its chances of being added. Kris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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