Re: Porting FreeBSD's/OpenBSD's User-level ppp(8) to the Hurd

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Re: Porting FreeBSD's/OpenBSD's User-level ppp(8) to the Hurd

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Re: Porting FreeBSD's/OpenBSD's User-level ppp(8) to the Hurd

2000-09-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 11:22:15PM +0200, Farid Hajji wrote: > > > a.) How to I settrans the term translator to a /dev/ttyS* on one side > > > and have it use gnumach's com driver on the other side? > > > > >From MAKEDEV: > > > > console|tty[0-9][0-9a-f]|tty[0-9a-f]|com[0-9]) > >

Re: Porting FreeBSD's/OpenBSD's User-level ppp(8) to the Hurd

2000-09-28 Thread Farid Hajji
> > a.) How to I settrans the term translator to a /dev/ttyS* on one side > > and have it use gnumach's com driver on the other side? > > >From MAKEDEV: > > console|tty[0-9][0-9a-f]|tty[0-9a-f]|com[0-9]) > st $I root 600 /hurd/term ${DEVDIR}/$I device $I;; > > So, "settrans /de

Re: Porting FreeBSD's/OpenBSD's User-level ppp(8) to the Hurd

2000-09-28 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Jul 24, 2000 at 04:32:20AM +0200, Farid Hajji wrote: > > > 2. If there is no such translator, is there an officially approved or > >preferred way to access native gnumach drivers? Of course, there is > >always the possibility to get the master device port from the PROC > >serve

Re: Porting FreeBSD's/OpenBSD's User-level ppp(8) to the Hurd

2000-07-23 Thread Farid Hajji
Replying to my own mail. Sorry... > 1. Has someone written a translator for gnumach's com driver, that can >be directly attached to /dev/ttySn? If such a translator exists, >will it provide full/partial support to ioctl()'s that set baud rate, >parity, rts/cts etc.? Will glibc interact

Re: Porting FreeBSD's/OpenBSD's User-level ppp(8) to the Hurd

2000-07-23 Thread Farid Hajji
Porting User-level PPP (or by the way any kind of ppp) to the Hurd requires access to gnumach's serial drivers (com) as well as to the IP-Layer (a.k.a. pfinet). [I explained this in a previous mail to this list]. Unfortunately, I didn't find a canonical/official way to do both things in the Hurd, e

Re: Porting FreeBSD's/OpenBSD's User-level ppp(8) to the Hurd

2000-07-22 Thread Mark Kettenis
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 03:03:06 +0200 From: Farid Hajji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I am interested in working on ppp for hurd. I am curious as to what > > progress has been made in that direction, and if anyone is actively > > working on it right now? > I plan on working on ppp for

Porting FreeBSD's/OpenBSD's User-level ppp(8) to the Hurd

2000-07-21 Thread Farid Hajji
> > I am interested in working on ppp for hurd. I am curious as to what > > progress has been made in that direction, and if anyone is actively > > working on it right now? > I plan on working on ppp for the Hurd. Next quarter (Fall) I am taking > a directed study to meet a course elective (for B.