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MKISS
Section: Linux System Managers Manual (8)
Updated: 05 January 1997
Index NAME
mkiss - Attach a multi KISS interface
SYNOPSIS
mkiss [-c] [-h] [-l] [-s speed] [-p] [-v] ttyinterface pty... DESCRIPTION
Mkissallows dual port TNCs or multiple TNCs sharing the same serial port to beused with the Linux AX.25 kernel software. The AX.25 softare has no supportfor dual port TNCs or multiple TNCs charing the same serial line. Thedifferent ports are addressed by encoding the port number in the controlbyte of every kiss frame.Mkisswatches a serial port, and routes kiss frames to/from the pseudo ttys. Theother side of the pseudo ttys are then attached withkissattachas normal.
Statistics about the operation ofmkissmay be obtained by sending the SIGUSR1 signal to the running program. Onreception of such a signalmkisswill print a set of statistics to the system log if logging has beenenabled.
Although mention is made of using pseudo ttys as the last arguments,these devices may be normal serial ports. Howevermkissprovides no way in which to set their speed, the speed must therefore be setby some other method.
OPTIONS
- -c
- This enables a one-byte checksum on each incoming and outgoing KISS frame onthe serial port. This checksum is used by G8BPQ KISS roms to maintain theintegrity of KISS frames.
- -h
- Enables hardware handshaking on the serial line to the TNC. The KISSspecification states that no hardware flow control shall be used so thedefault is off. But some KISS implementations do use hardware flow control.
- -l
- Enables system logging, the default is off.
- -s speed
- Set the speed of the serial port.
- -p
- Enables polling. Polled mode is used by G8BPQ KISS roms to preventcontention on systems where multiple TNCs share the same serial line.
- -v
- Display the version.
SEE ALSO
kissattach(8),
ifconfig(8),
kill(1).
AUTHORS
Tomi Manninen OH2BNS <tpmanninAATTcc.hut.fi>
Jonathan Naylor G4KLX <jsnAATTcs.nott.ac.uk>
Kevin Uhlir N0BEL <kevinuAATTflochart.com>
Index
- NAME
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- OPTIONS
- SEE ALSO
- AUTHORS
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