netdev - Re: Question regarding wanrouter module

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Message-ID: <20110923112653.GA27240@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com>
Date:	Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:26:53 +0200
From:	Francois Romieu <romieu@...zoreil.com>
To:	Holger Hans Peter Freyther <holger@...yther.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Question regarding wanrouter module

Holger Hans Peter Freyther <holger@...yther.de> :
[...]
> Fast forward to today, Sangoma provides a wanrouter.ko as well (they didn't
> bother to change the symbol names or module name). I wonder if there are any
> plans to improve the situation, e.g. rename the kernel module, change symbols,
> or if there would be objections to trying to add functionality to the kernel
> wanrouter.ko again ?

There are objections to adding.

The kernel wanrouter code is almost empty. Afaiu it mostly contains a
wan setup API.

Is there a reason why the added functionalities could not go through the
generic hdlc kernel code (see drivers/net/wan/hdlc*) ?

-- 
Ueimor
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