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From: Sergey Lapin <slapin@ossfans.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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 20:52:20 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20110318005220.GA9674@build.ihdev.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20110317235532.44c0e202@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 11:55:32PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> 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 ?

I implement accessor for special equipment (acessing fiscal information)
which uses custom protocol over LAPB. As it is being implemented,
I actually wanted to know if this approach for using LAPB is good enough
for mainline submission, as I want to have kernel part to be in mainline.
I think I will have the rest of patches ready within two weeks.

All the best,
S.


  reply	other threads:[~2011-03-18  0:52 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
2011-03-18  0:52   ` Sergey Lapin [this message]
2011-03-18  3:24     ` David Miller
2011-03-18 11:34     ` Alan Cox

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