svn commit: r327086 - head/sys/dev/lmc

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

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In message <3f4a7247-e711-c65a-d973-c929ac8726db at freebsd.org>, Stefan Esser writes:
>Am 04.01.18 um 00:41 schrieb Pedro Giffuni:

>It appears to be a strange beast that uses the Ethernet chip to generate a
>bit stream which is then converted to HDLC. Not sure whether these were used
>for Frame Relay or to connect to the British X.25 JANET, a few decades ago.
>Perhaps also to connect to SS7 signaling networks?

They were actually pretty versatile, we used them both for "blank"
E1 and Nx64 scenarios, and I know they were used for Frame Relay
several places in US.

I don't think they could do SS7 or ISDN like the MUSYCC chip could.

But nobody uses T1/E1/T3/E3 lines any more for anything...

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