From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Krzysztof Halasa Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] Re: WAN: new PPP code for generic HDLC Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:10:11 +0200 Message-ID: References: <20080424.063006.153647297.davem@davemloft.net> <20080424.065555.30390704.davem@davemloft.net> <20080424214457.1d5a1655@the-village.bc.nu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Miller , jeff@garzik.org, paulkf@microgate.com, jchapman@katalix.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Alan Cox Return-path: Received: from khc.piap.pl ([195.187.100.11]:33508 "EHLO khc.piap.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751454AbYDYLKO (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:10:14 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20080424214457.1d5a1655@the-village.bc.nu> (Alan Cox's message of "Thu\, 24 Apr 2008 21\:44\:57 +0100") Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Alan Cox writes: > I would agree with this. There isn't a sane way to sort out the old > kernel side syncppp (which is useless for todays networks as it doesn't > do compression, IPv6 or auth protocols) except by going to user space. Well, I never used compression or auth on fixed line, and that would require generic PPP. Perhaps we should use it, I don't know. -- Krzysztof Halasa