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- /* $Id: concap.h,v 1.1 1998/02/01 00:15:11 keil Exp $
- */
- #ifndef _LINUX_CONCAP_H
- #define _LINUX_CONCAP_H
- #ifdef __KERNEL__
- #include <linux/skbuff.h>
- #include <linux/netdevice.h>
-
- /* Stuff to support encapsulation protocols genericly. The encapsulation
- protocol is processed at the uppermost layer of the network interface.
-
- (c) 1997 by Henner Eisen <eis@baty.hanse.de>
- This software is subject to the GNU General Public License.
-
- Based on a ideas developed in a 'synchronous device' thread in the
- linux-x25 mailing list contributed by Alan Cox, Thomasz Motylewski
- and Jonathan Naylor.
-
- For more documetation on this refer to Documentation/isdn/README.concap
- */
-
- struct concap_proto_ops;
- struct concap_device_ops;
-
- /* this manages all data needed by the encapsulation protocol
- */
- struct concap_proto{
- struct device *net_dev; /* net device using our service */
- struct concap_device_ops *dops; /* callbacks provided by device */
- struct concap_proto_ops *pops; /* callbacks provided by us */
- int flags;
- void *proto_data; /* protocol specific private data, to
- be accessed via *pops methods only*/
- /*
- :
- whatever
- :
- */
- };
-
- /* Operations to be supported by the net device. Called by the encapsulation
- * protocol entity. No receive method is offered because the encapsulation
- * protocol directly calls netif_rx().
- */
- struct concap_device_ops{
-
- /* to request data is submitted by device*/
- int (*data_req)(struct concap_proto *, struct sk_buff *);
-
- /* Control methods must be set to NULL by devices which do not
- support connection control.*/
- /* to request a connection is set up */
- int (*connect_req)(struct concap_proto *);
-
- /* to request a connection is released */
- int (*disconn_req)(struct concap_proto *);
- };
-
- /* Operations to be supported by the encapsulation protocol. Called by
- * device driver.
- */
- struct concap_proto_ops{
-
- /* create a new encapsulation protocol instance of same type */
- struct concap_proto * (*proto_new) (void);
-
- /* delete encapsulation protocol instance and free all its resources.
- cprot may no loger be referenced after calling this */
- void (*proto_del)(struct concap_proto *cprot);
-
- /* initialize the protocol's data. To be called at interface startup
- or when the device driver resets the interface. All services of the
- encapsulation protocol may be used after this*/
- int (*restart)(struct concap_proto *cprot,
- struct device *ndev,
- struct concap_device_ops *dops);
-
- /* inactivate an encapsulation protocol instance. The encapsulation
- protocol may not call any *dops methods after this. */
- int (*close)(struct concap_proto *cprot);
-
- /* process a frame handed down to us by upper layer */
- int (*encap_and_xmit)(struct concap_proto *cprot, struct sk_buff *skb);
-
- /* to be called for each data entity received from lower layer*/
- int (*data_ind)(struct concap_proto *cprot, struct sk_buff *skb);
-
- /* to be called when a connection was set up/down.
- Protocols that don't process these primitives might fill in
- dummy methods here */
- int (*connect_ind)(struct concap_proto *cprot);
- int (*disconn_ind)(struct concap_proto *cprot);
- /*
- Some network device support functions, like net_header(), rebuild_header(),
- and others, that depend solely on the encapsulation protocol, might
- be provided here, too. The net device would just fill them in its
- corresponding fields when it is opened.
- */
- };
-
- /* dummy restart/close/connect/reset/disconn methods
- */
- extern int concap_nop(struct concap_proto *cprot);
-
- /* dummy submit method
- */
- extern int concap_drop_skb(struct concap_proto *cprot, struct sk_buff *skb);
- #endif
- #endif
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