Sebastien Roy writes: > On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 08:11 -0400, James Carlson wrote: > > (Oh, how I wish the other vendors hadn't blocked our attempt to add > > DL_PPP to DLPIv2 years ago!) > > Of course, we could have used DL_PPP even though it didn't appear in the > blessed OpenGroup standard (we can still do this, it's not too late). > That's what I'm doing for IP tunnel links (DL_IPV4, DL_IPV6, and > DL_6TO4).
I know ... but, at the time we were doing this, I wanted to do it "right," and that meant getting consensus to change the standard. There was (as I recall) a particular three-letter company whose representative didn't think that PPP was actually a datalink protocol. Even though it runs over physical layers and provides service to network layer protocols. :-/ -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
