Ken Hornstein writes:
> The real tricky part is that both sides have to have an idea as to who
> is the transmitter and who is the receiver, _and_ that they have to
> switch roles every so often.  IrDA has all of the magic to deal with
> that.  I think to really make PPP work, you'd almost have to invent
> something like IrDA, and if you're doing that, maybe it would just be
> easier to _do_ IrDA? :-)

 From reading http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/misc/irda-flaws.html
it seems that much of the IRDA protocol is a reimplementation of what
PPP already provides.  The author also has some choice words to say
about IRDA's design, and how adding it to a kernel would essentially
duplicate, albeit badly, a service that is already provided.

But other than that, I see no reason not to add it. ;-)

-wolfgang
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