RTEMS PPP stack

[Joel Sherrill]

Distributing via a snapshot/contrib directory 
on ftp.oarcorp.com is a good way to let others see
your progress and help out.

--joel

Thomas Doerfler wrote:
> 
> Hello to all,
> 
> > Rosimildo da Silva wrote:
> > >
> > > I might need to do some work with a PPP connection to
> > > Windows machines initially, and later linux.
> > >
> > > I would appreacite if somebody ( Eric !!! ), could tell
> > > me the state of the PPP stack under RTEMS.
> 
> I have done major reworks to the PPP sources available in RTEMS, with
> the aim of a more general adaptation to the actual hardware drivers.
> I have a private configuration more or less up and running...
> 
> My modifications included:
> 
> - separating the PPP device driver from the hardware dependent code
> - adding "line discipline" support to termios
> - adding task-driven mode to the termios serial driver model
> 
> There is still a bug my the task-driven driver model code, (and I am
> VERY short in time currently) therefore I did not yet feed back a
> patch.
> 
> Nevertheless I have a configuration with rtems-4.0.0 runing connected
> to WinNT.
> 
> Configuration of the PPP connection (dial strings etc) is not very
> elegant now, I did not modify this compared to the sources found in
> the current snapshots.
> 
> I can send you a snapshot of the package, but would like to finish my
> changes before giving it back to the public....
> Bye,
>         Thomas.
> 
> > >
> > >  + Is it being tested with Windows NT ?
> > >  + Where should I start ?
> >
> > I can't answer the NT question but I can say that
> > although it has been made to work by others, its
> > configuration and intialization are not where
> > they should be.  It is a port of off-the-shelf
> > PPP code so the core PPP code itself should be OK.
> >
> > I think there is a dialer and example modem driver.
> > Ideally, it would be layered so you could use
> > standard termios drivers.
> >
> > Basically, it is there and could stand some use
> > and improvement on integration.
> >
> > > Thanks.
> > > --
> > > Rosimildo da Silva            rdasilva at connectel.com
> > > ConnectTel, Inc.              Austin, TX -- USA
> > > Phone : 512-338-1111          Fax : 512-918-0449
> > > Mobile: 512-632-7579
> > > Company Page: http://www.connecttel.com
> > > Home Page: http://members.xoom.com/rosimildo/
> >
> > --
> > Joel Sherrill, Ph.D.             Director of Research & Development
> > joel at OARcorp.com                 On-Line Applications Research
> > Ask me about RTEMS: a free RTOS  Huntsville AL 35805
> >    Support Available             (256) 722-9985
> 
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> Thomas Doerfler           Herbststrasse 8
> D-82178 Puchheim          Germany
> email:    Thomas.Doerfler at imd-systems.de

-- 
Joel Sherrill, Ph.D.             Director of Research & Development
joel at OARcorp.com                 On-Line Applications Research
Ask me about RTEMS: a free RTOS  Huntsville AL 35805
   Support Available             (256) 722-9985