Re: Syncppp

[Paul Fulghum]

> In the 2.2.16 kernel, it seems that the ppp_device structure was changed to
> use a pointer to the net device instead of haveing the structure contained
> within, and the if_down procedure was changed accordingly to use the sppp_of
> macro. But, if I take a look at the 2.4.x kernel sources, it seems only the
> first change, the pointer vs. struct change was made, but the if_down
> procedure was not changed. I believe this is a bug and the if_down procedure
> in the 2.4.x kernel must be changed to match 2.2.16+. Could anyone confirm
> this?
> -Matt Schulkind

It looks like you are right. The current 2.4 code
appears to scribble into the net_device structure
someplace (yuck) when if_down() is called.

I'm going to change this and test it tomorrow to be
for sure.

Paul Fulghum [e-mail]
Microgate Corporation www.microgate.com