Ashmath Khan wrote: > Thanks James for long explanation. > > Let me explain. I am actually looking for a different retry mechanism > for failures. My retry interval would vary depending on the number of > retries. To given an example: > nth retry is to be attempted at (n - 1)3 x 10 secs after previous attempt Why? You still haven't explained what you're doing. What problem are you attempting to solve? Can you give us any hints at all? > So the retry interval is not constant but derived from a formula. > > Are such things possible without modifying the code ? No. See pppd/fsm.c, f->timeouttime, and the TIMEOUT() macro. -- James Carlson 42.703N 71.076W <carlsonj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ppp" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
