>> "PR" == Peter Riocreux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
PR> Re-reading this has made me realise that there is now a third way PR> possible [UK readers insert smart-alecky politial joke here], PR> which *may* be cleaner than the current user-mode way. The pppd PR> support for ATM devices is through the loadable module mechanism PR> that it now has - there is no reason why there could not be a PR> "speedtouch" loadable module. I am clueless as to how much work PR> this might be - is anyone familiar with the loadable module stuff PR> in pppd? It *should* just be a matter of what is the interface PR> that pppoa3 presents - currently it is a pty, but it *shouldn't* PR> be a major job to make it something that pppd understands. It may PR> even be possible to roll the management code into the module init PR> routine... And another thought on this - the pppd-pppoa people must have code to do the packet mangling that does the same job as code in pppoa3 - there is a possibility of code-sharing too. Peter -- Peter Riocreux, Amulet Group, Dept. Computer Science, Manchester University, Oxford Road, MANCHESTER, M13 9PL, UK. <http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/amulet/> Voice: +44 161-2753547 Mobile: +44 7970-611366 Fax: +44 161-2756236 Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe
