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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Sergey Lapin <slapin@ossfans.org>
Cc: linux-x25@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Allow LAPB users know which data were actually sent.
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:55:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110317235532.44c0e202@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1300400422-8820-1-git-send-email-slapin@ossfans.org>

On Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:20:22 -0400
Sergey Lapin <slapin@ossfans.org> wrote:

> Normally, when LAPB is transport layer for X.25 protocol,
> internal mechanics of X.25 knows wheather data were actually
> received by peer. But for non-X.25 protocols which use LAPB
> as data reliability layer, it is important to have some way
> to know what was actually sent, so we add transmit indication.

Looks sensible but your patch doesn't add a user for it so what is it
needed for ?

  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-17 23:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-03-17 22:20 [PATCH] Allow LAPB users know which data were actually sent Sergey Lapin
2011-03-17 23:55 ` Alan Cox [this message]
2011-03-18  0:52   ` Sergey Lapin
2011-03-18  3:24     ` David Miller
2011-03-18 11:34     ` Alan Cox

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