From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ralf Baechle DL5RB Subject: Re: [PATCH] SMP fix for 6pack driver Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:46:07 +0100 Message-ID: <20050707104607.GD2822@linux-mips.org> References: <20050705181222.GB18772@linux-mips.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-hams-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Bill Vodall Cc: linux-hams@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Jul 05, 2005 at 05:39:44PM -0500, Bill Vodall wrote: > > It's a strategy that allows attaching the TNC to any UNIX machine, > > even without AX.25 support. It's a hack but I was playing with it > > for a while when I ran out of interfaces. > > That could be VERY userful... Any more details available? 6pack is implemented as a line discipline, so any tty, including a pseudo tty can be turned into a 6pack interface. So all it takes is a network connection, let's say through ssh, an application on the remote side that transfers data on the remote side between that connecton and the /dev/tty... character device to which the TNC is connected. Same thing also on the local side, just between the pseudo-tty and the filedescriptor. Pretty much a nobrainer to implement but latency could be a slight problem. (And if you don't truncate the cc list of email you even have a chance to getting answers in time ...) Ralf