Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 20:48:10 +0300 (EEST) From: Taavi Talvik <taavi@uninet.ee> To: float@firedrake.org Cc: David Gilbert <dgilbert@velocet.ca>, Neal Nelson <neal@nelson.name>, <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [hackers] Writing a PCI ADSL Driver Message-ID: <20021009203358.W35437-100000@valu.uninet.ee> In-Reply-To: <7E1C6E6A-DBAB-11D6-B8A2-003065D4F4F2@firedrake.org>
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On Wed, 9 Oct 2002 float@firedrake.org wrote: > On Sunday, October 6, 2002, at 06:48 PM, Taavi Talvik wrote: > > > > Problem with ADSL is that there are actually too many link layer > > encapsualtions in use - PPPoE, PPPoA, plain rfc1348 (if i remember > > rfc number correctly) etc. > > This RFC defines the format of two new Resource Records (RRs) for the > Domain Name System (DNS), and reserves corresponding DNS type > mnemonic and numerical codes. > > Nope, try again. :-) Ok, rfc1483 obsoleted by rfc2684. Still, the point holds - in xDSL services every imaginable encapsulation is used and usefull driver should provide netgraph hooks for constructing arbitrary upper layers. Especially nice would be autodetection of active ATM VC's, used encapsualtions and connecting appropriate netgraph hooks automagically. best regards, taavi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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