> Since �soundmodem� is now part of the official kernel someone might
> explain to me whether this missing fix is of any relevance
There is nothing missing or wrong with the code-- it is used by the
DAMA slave to switch a TNC (or the network device, like the SCC
driver) to 'ignore the DCD' mode. This is, as the comment says, not
reliable, since it is not guaranteed that the driver understands the
command at all, or even is able to turn off the DCD. Furthermore
different KISS implementations for TNCs may have a different idea
what exactly the so-called full duplex mode does.
This code is *required* at this moment for the DAMA slave to work
properly. Remove it and you'll loose 90% of the German user base.
It will however vaninsh with Matthias' new AX.25 code, as it will
properly abstract the channel access from the network driver. Right
now just leave it alone.
Again: it gets only called by the DAMA Slave, and then only
if you are actually have connected a DAMA Master. "Normal" AX.25
operation _never_ calls this code.
Joerg Reuter http://poboxes.com/jreuter/
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Everything is waiting quietly out there.... (Anne Clark)
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