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From: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
To: Karel Kulhavy <clock@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Ethernet driver tweak for error correction codes
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 14:26:02 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010402142601.A34@(none)> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010328232059.A1570@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>
In-Reply-To: <20010328232059.A1570@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz>; from clock@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz on Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:20:59PM +0200

Hi!

> Is it possible to use up the src, dest MAC addresses (12B) and the CRC field (4B?)
> on a point-to-point full duplex Ethernet link for my own data?

That does not seem like too clean solution.

> I would like to implement an error correction on this, because I'm gonna build
> a freespace laser link which would run just this way. And i want to use it on
> foggy days too when there will be a lot of bits fallen out.
> 
> Is it possible to do it in the kernel somehow cleanly? How should I try to do it?

Do it userspace: hook slip on tty/pty pair. See scarabd for details.

-- 
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details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html.


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