#ifndef _PPP_CHANNEL_H_
#define _PPP_CHANNEL_H_
/*
 * Definitions for the interface between the generic PPP code
 * and a PPP channel.
 *
 * A PPP channel provides a way for the generic PPP code to send
 * and receive packets over some sort of communications medium.
 * Packets are stored in sk_buffs and have the 2-byte PPP protocol
 * number at the start, but not the address and control bytes.
 *
 * Copyright 1999 Paul Mackerras.
 *
 *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
 *  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version
 *  2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * ==FILEVERSION 990909==
 */

/* $Id: ppp_channel.h,v 1.3 2000/01/31 01:42:48 davem Exp $ */

#include <linux/list.h>
#include <linux/skbuff.h>

struct ppp_channel;

struct ppp_channel_ops {
	/* Send a packet (or multilink fragment) on this channel.
	   Returns 1 if it was accepted, 0 if not. */
	int	(*start_xmit)(struct ppp_channel *, struct sk_buff *);

};

struct ppp_channel {
	void		*private;	/* channel private data */
	struct ppp_channel_ops *ops;	/* operations for this channel */
	int		xmit_qlen;	/* length of transmit queue (bytes) */
	int		speed;		/* transfer rate (bytes/second) */
	int		latency;	/* overhead time in milliseconds */
	int		hdrlen;		/* amount of headroom channel needs */
	struct list_head list;		/* link in list of channels per unit */
	void		*ppp;		/* opaque to channel */
};

#ifdef __KERNEL__
/* Called by the channel when it can send some more data. */
extern void ppp_output_wakeup(struct ppp_channel *);

/* Called by the channel to process a received PPP packet.
   The packet should have just the 2-byte PPP protocol header. */
extern void ppp_input(struct ppp_channel *, struct sk_buff *);

/* Called by the channel when an input error occurs, indicating
   that we may have missed a packet. */
extern void ppp_input_error(struct ppp_channel *, int code);

/* Attach a channel to a given PPP unit. */
extern int ppp_register_channel(struct ppp_channel *, int unit);

/* Detach a channel from its PPP unit (e.g. on hangup). */
extern void ppp_unregister_channel(struct ppp_channel *);

#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
#endif
