Re: [patch] syncppp.c and skb->priority

Jan Kasprzak (kas@informatics.muni.cz)
Wed, 14 Jul 1999 15:46:03 +0200


Gergely Madarasz wrote:
:
: > BTW, I have found another problem with syncppp.c. In Sync PPP mode
: > it does not work when I manually ifconfig one of the ends down and then up.
: > It seems the LCP does not end. It helps to unplug the line physically
: > for MAXALIVECNT keepalive packets - both ends then will agree the line
: > is down and restart the LCP from the beginning.
:
: Hmm... sorry, can't help you with this one. It should be related with your
: board not reporting modem line status though. The driver should be
: notified of modem line status changes and call at least sppp_reopen() when
: the line changes to up. In my drivers I even call sppp_close() when the
: line goes down and sppp_open() when it comes back.
:
I don't agree - the line can be for example noisy enough for making
one of the ends loosing MAXALIVECNT keepalive packets and re-starting LCP,
while the other end thinks it is already up. My opinion is, that syncppp.c
should be able to recover from this situation cleanly.

I will look at it when I come back.

-Yenya

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