[openbeosnetteam] Re: PPP #2

Quoting David Reid <dreid@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> So, as promised, more on how I'm implementing the PPP stuff :)
> 
> I've started rewriting much of the code and have made some good
> progress.
> Essentially the idea goes like this...
> 
> When the ppp module starts is basically starts waiting for messages
> using
> receive_data (blocking) in a seperate thread. before doing this it loads
> all
> the modules that it can use for input/output and protocols.
> 
> The userland PPP app starts up and sends a message to the control
> thread,
> using known codes for the actions and with up to 100 bytes of data.
> 
> The format goes something like this...
> 
> ppp user app asks for a new ppp connection for serial2,
> - ppp control thread scans a list of "match" strings for a match, gets
> a
> match on "serial" and so asks the serial_ppp module (who has registered
> this
> match) to create a new device for "2".
> - if we get a new serial_ppp device we create a new ppp device and
> attach
> the serial_ppp pointer to it
> 
> This all works already. Next steps are harder :)  Some of the code
> needs
> working on, but I think I'm making progress.
> 
> I'll try to get some code committed but I've had connection woes since I
> got
> home and will be out for possibly the next couple of days :(
> 
> Has anyone started looking at PPPoE yet? If not I'll try to get some
> stuff
> started.
> 
> david
> 
> 
>

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