netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 0/2] add ppp_generic ioctl(s) to bridge channels

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Date:   Thu, 10 Dec 2020 17:16:45 +0000
From:   Tom Parkin <tparkin@...alix.com>
To:     Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jchapman@...alix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 0/2] add ppp_generic ioctl(s) to bridge
 channels

On  Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 18:13:09 +0100, Guillaume Nault wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 03:50:56PM +0000, Tom Parkin wrote:
> > Following on from my previous RFC[1], this series adds two ioctl calls
> > to the ppp code to implement "channel bridging".
> > 
> > When two ppp channels are bridged, frames presented to ppp_input() on
> > one channel are passed to the other channel's ->start_xmit function for
> > transmission.
> > 
> > The primary use-case for this functionality is in an L2TP Access
> > Concentrator where PPP frames are typically presented in a PPPoE session
> > (e.g. from a home broadband user) and are forwarded to the ISP network in
> > a PPPoL2TP session.
> 
> Looks good to me now. Thanks Tom!
> 
> Reviewed-by: Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>
> 

Thanks again for your review and help with the series :-)

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