Hello James, Monday, August 9, 2004, 3:43:53 PM, you wrote:
JCD> Jorge -Educanet- wrote: >>>>>Well, it doesn't look hard to implement. The thing I don't understand >>>>>is why it needs to be implemented in the driver at all. I don't see >>>>>anything that couldn't be handled in the upper layers. >> >> >> Searching in Internet i found the epscifications about the OAM cells >> in ATM devices/drivers. >> >> The doc is in ITU recommandations (I.610). >> >> It's only necesary to implement F4 and F5 levels >> >> For me is not possible implement this feacture in the kernel, but if >> someone wants i colaborate whit him to try. >> >> Please send to the list a message the plans to implement this. >> >> I think so that this feactue is neccesary in the ADSL USB driver and >> not in the ATM layer. >> JCD> F4/F5 OAM is for the ATM layer and not the low level physical hardware JCD> driver like the ADSL USB driver. JCD> Just like the NE2000 Network card driver does not implement ICMP ECHO JCD> (aka. Ping). OK, thanks. One question, The speedtch.c kernel driver use the ATM stack API? Jorge Boncompte is writing a atmoamd daemon that monitor the atm interface to send OAM F5 cells. -- Best regards, Jorge mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Liste de diffusion modem ALCATEL SpeedTouch USB Pour se d�sinscrire : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
