Re: [PATCH] Generic HDLC patch for 2.5.3

[Jeff Garzik]

On Sun, Feb 03, 2002 at 12:46:28AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote:
> > It adds undiscussed networking changed which I very much doubt DaveM
> > would approve of, and I do not approve of:  SIOCDEVICE is far too
> > generic for inclusion, and it adds a structure for passing untyped
> > data which is very definitely non-portable.
> 
> You need a very generic structure for WAN interfaces because they have
> ridiculously large numbers of configurable options. These changes were
> discussed over a year ago.
> 
> I agree with the comment about untyped data. That does want to be cleaned
> up a chunk more. 

Ok...   SIOC[GS]WANDEVICE or somesuch?

It could be made more portable and still say generic, IMHO.

	Jeff