netdev - Network device driver with PPP

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Message-ID: <3415E2A2AB26944B9159CDB22001004D024DA732@nestea.sierrawireless.local>
Date:	Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:28:05 -0800
From:	"Kevin Lloyd" <klloyd@...rrawireless.com>
To:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Network device driver with PPP

Hi all,

I have a device that is currently supported via a combination of loading the device with usb-serial (drivers/usb/serial/sierra) to expose the serial ports and connecting by manually launching pppd.
I would like to support this device in a network driver as opposed to a serial driver in an effort to offer a seamless always-on device, such as an Ethernet device.

>From what I understand the ppp support in the kernel is only for ppp framing and that all control (e.g., IPCP) is done in user-space via pppd. Are there any network drivers that currently manage the ppp connection (entirely, IPCP included) internally to the driver and expose either a raw ip or ethernet stream to the user-space?

Thank you,
 -Kevin

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