Re: [PATCH] ppp: allow disabling multilink protocol ID compression
From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:44:00 +1100
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 07:58:33PM -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>
>> Linux would not connect to other router running old version Cisco IOS (12.0).
>> This is most likely a bug in that version of IOS, since it is fixed
>> in later versions. As a workaround this patch allows a module parameter
>> to be set to disable compressing the protocol ID.
>>
>> See: https://bugzilla.vyatta.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3979
>>
>> RFC 1990 allows an implementation to formulate MP fragments as if protocol
>> compression had been negotiated. This allows us to always send compressed
>> protocol IDs. But some implementations don't accept MP fragments with
>> compressed protocol IDs. This parameter allows us to interoperate with
>> them. The default value of the configurable parameter is the same as the
>> current behavior: protocol compression is enabled. If protocol compression
>> is disabled we will not send compressed protocol IDs.
>>
>> This is based on an earlier patch by Bob Gilligan (using a sysctl).
>> Module parameter is writable to allow for enabling even if ppp
>> is already loaded for other uses.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Applied, thanks.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
[Linux Audio Users]
[Hams]
[Kernel Newbies]
[Security]
[Netfilter]
[Bugtraq]
[Photo]
[Yosemite Photos]
[Yosemite News]
[MIPS Linux]
[ARM Linux]
[Linux Security]
[Linux RAID]
[Samba]
[Video 4 Linux]
[Linux Resources]
[Fedora Users]