BSD slattach and SLIP

[Steve Dyer]

In article <1990Jan11.170920.969 at smsc.sony.com> dce at smsc.Sony.COM (David Elliott) writes:
>Does the BSD slattach implement SLIP, or is it a lower level
>interface?

slattach simply opens the tty device, sets the baud rate and then sets the
line discipline to the SLIP line discipline code.  The actual input and
output framing are performed by the line discipline.

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