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Date:      Fri, 10 Mar 2000 14:38:06 +0200 (EET)
From:      Taavi Talvik <taavi@uninet.ee>
To:        Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr
Cc:        atm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ATM and Netgraph ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.1000310143246.10987B-100000@ns.uninet.ee>
In-Reply-To: <C125689C.0032D471.00@frmta003.netfr.alcatel.fr>

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On Wed, 8 Mar 2000 Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr wrote:

Hello,

I am thinking among similiar lines. Currentli in documentation/sample
code reading phase and trying to understand netgraph and existing
HARP code.

But yes, netgraph best way to construct different protocol stacks
(PPPoA,PPPoE,classical IP, zillion of different encapsulations, virtual
circuits etc..)

best regards,
taavi


> As I was told, the best way to add this kind of feature would be to add
> netgraph hooks to the existing ATM FreeBSD code (this is indeed heavily
> hinted at in the Netgraph doc). 

> Has someone had a look at such a possibility ? 

> PS : this could be the begnning of a better support for ISP-side xDSL,
> as each ATM PVC could be in the beginning used as an Ethernet
> half-bridge, and later as a PPPoE or PPTP termination. 

> PS2 : the ATM board used is the Fore PCA200e

> PS3 : the mailing list archives are quite silent on this subject (I
> could only find the announce of the Netgraph inclusion in FreeBSD) 

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