patch-1.3.81 linux/Documentation/framerelay.txt

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• Date: Thu Jan 1 02:00:00 1970
• Orig file: v1.3.80/linux/Documentation/framerelay.txt
• Orig date: Mon Mar 25 08:58:20 1996

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-Frame Relay (FR) support for linux is built into a two tiered system of device 
-drivers.  The upper layer implements RFC1490 FR specification, and uses the
-Data Link Connection Identifier (DLCI) as it's hardware address.  Usually these
-are assigned by your network supplier, they give you the number/numbers of
-the Virtual Connections (VC) assigned to you.
-
-Each DLCI is a point-to-point link between your machine and a remote one.
-As such, a seperate device is needed to accomodate the routing.  Within the
-net-tools archives is 'dlcicfg'.  This program will communicate with the
-base "DLCI" device, and create new net devices named 'dlci00', 'dlci01'... 
-The configuration script will ask you how many DLCI's you need, as well as
-how many DLCI's you want to assign to each Frame Relay Access Device (FRAD).
-
-The DLCI uses a number of function calls to communicate with the FRAD, all
-of which are stored in the FRAD's private data area.  assoc/deassoc, 
-activate/deactivate and dlci_config.  The DLCI supplies a receive function
-to the FRAD to accept incoming packets.
-
-With this initial offering, only 1 FRAD driver is available.  With many thanks
-to Sangoma Technologies, David Mandelstam & Gene Kozin, the S502A, S502E & 
-S508 are supported.  This driver is currently set up for only FR, but as 
-Sangoma makes more firmware modules available, it can be updated to provide
-them as well.
-
-Configuration of the FRAD makes use of another net-tools program, 'fradcfg'.
-This program makes use of a configuration file (which dlcicfg can also read)
-to specify the types of boards to be configured as FRADs, as well as perform
-any board specific configuration.  The Sangoma module of fradcfg loads the
-FR firmware into the card, sets the irq/port/memory information, and provides
-an initial configuration.
-
-Additional FRAD device drivers can be added as hardware is available.
-