On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Maarten ter Huurne wrote:
> > > For Linux, the best solution would be to write a serial driver for
> > > JoyNet. Then pppd can be used to connect to UZIX and you can use the
> > > existing PPP network device.
> >
> > Not at all. Linux knows the `network driver' as a special object. I should
> > just write a network driver, so the parallel port is treated as a network
> > device. Then you can just use the connection as if it is an ethernet card
> > , which means there is no need for a point to point link. It also means
> > that UZIX will need to use 4 byte host addresses (actually interface
> > addresses), at least in the JUMP driver.
>
> One advantage of PPP is that there are very little modifications necessary in
> UZIX. Another advantage is that host configuration can be done using PAP. If
> JUMP is treated as ethernet, UZIX has to be configured manually or we would
> have to write a DHCP client for it.
I do not have experience with that. But I don't think doing it manually is
much work. On my linux box it is just one ifconfig statement. Do you think
it would be more difficult on a MSX?
> > > You can also make a user-mode solution, that sends stdin over JoyNet and
> > > sends JoyNet input to stdout. That program can then be connected to pppd
> > > using pipes. It's less flexible than a kernel driver, but it's also
> > > easier to write
> >
> > Not at all. Just hacking the plip driver is done in a few minutes.
>
> Are you experienced or optimistic? ;)
Both :P
Bye,
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