Thanks for the swift response.
Now, of course, I have more questions :-)
The latest version of pppd (2.3.11) doesn't seem to contain
the ioctl request codes for multilink'ing (PPPIOCCONNECT, etc.).
Is that being planned to be added to pppd? or is that expected
to be a separate application?
After I sent out my email I noticed that there are actually
some other WAN devices out there that do not use the syncppp.c
support and instead use the ppp_generic.c by installing
their own tty line discipline (such as microgate's synclink).
So, it seems that there are more than just modems using
the ppp_generic support.
Koral
Paul Mackerras wrote:
>
> Koral Ilgun writes:
>
> > Here are my questions:
> > 1. Can the channel for the PPP network interface created
> > by ppp_generic.c be a non-tty or non-character oriented
> > device? In my case I'd like the channel to be a T1 driver.
>
> Yes. The only requirements from the ppp_generic point of view are
> that you can tell your underlying communications stuff to make itself
> into a ppp channel and tell you the channel number it gets given.
>
> > 2. How tightly coupled is pppd to tty devices? Would it not
> > work with non-tty devices (with some code changes of course)?
>
> Pppd is still tied to tty devices but I am working on restructuring it
> so this is not the case. I intend to make it so that you can use a
> plugin to add the necessary code for getting your device ready to do
> PPP.
>
> Paul.
>
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