Re: Why is generic hldc beig ignored? RE:Linux 2.4.22-pre4

[Marcelo Tosatti]

On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Henrique Oliveira wrote:

> Hello !!!
> No offence here but the generic hdlc layer's been always confusing. I will
> write here what I believe is going on.
> Until version 2.4.20 we had the old hdlc layer, with only one source file
> hdlc.c. People that wanted to use the new hdlc layer had to apply a patch
> provided by Halasa or by the WAN cards vendors. The kernel 2.4.21 came out
> with the new hdlc layer, that includes a couple of files: hdlc_generic.c,
> hdlc_fr.c, hdlc_ppp.c, hdlc_raw.c, etc. I don't know the status of the -ac
> tree but I can say that the kernel 2.4.21 has the new code.
> The new hdlc layer really needs new tools. This new tool can (supposedly) be
> found at Halasa's web site. I don't know if someone has tested these tools
> but I am about to run a test this afternoon. If someone is interested on the
> results, just drop me a line.

I am.

Please report the results of your tests and CC lkml.

And Alan, what the -ac tree hdlc changes are about ?