Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 16:43:27 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin/ppp README.changes mp.c Message-ID: <200008172343.QAA00191@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <200008171414.HAA54938@freefall.freebsd.org> from Brian Somers at "Aug 17, 2000 07:14:55 am"
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Brian Somers writes: > Modified files: > usr.sbin/ppp README.changes mp.c > Log: > If we're in MP mode with a single open link, MP link level compression > isn't open and the links MRU >= our MRRU, send outbound traffic as > PROTO_IP rather than PROTO_MP. This shaves some bytes off the front > of each packet 'till the second link is brought up. FYI- Mixing MP frames with non-MP frames is slightly dangerous. The problem is that the PPP link layer is required to deliver packets in order. When you go from MP encapsulating packets to not MP encapsulating packets (or vice-versa) you can't guarantee that the peer will deliver the packets in the same order that you sent them without being careful. This is mainly a problem when going from 1 -> 2 links I believe... or when mixing MP and non-MP over multiple links. -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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