| Message ID | 20201106181647.16358-3-tparkin@katalix.com |
|---|---|
| State | RFC |
| Delegated to: | David Miller |
| Headers | show |
| Series | add ppp_generic ioctl to bridge channels | expand |
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| jkicinski/stable | success | Stable not CCed |
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.rst b/Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.rst index e60504377900..aea950ce953f 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.rst +++ b/Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.rst @@ -314,6 +314,11 @@ channel are: it is connected to. It will return an EINVAL error if the channel is not connected to an interface. +* PPPIOCBRIDGECHAN bridges a channel with another. When frames are + presented to a channel by a call to ppp_input, they are passed to the + bridged channel by appending them to the channel's transmit queue. + This allows frames from one channel to be switched into another. + * All other ioctl commands are passed to the channel ioctl() function. The ioctl calls that are available on an instance that is attached to