.TH "sppp_close" 9 "sppp_close" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX .SH NAME sppp_close \- close down a synchronous PPP or Cisco HDLC link .SH SYNOPSIS .B "int" sppp_close .BI "(struct net_device *" dev ");" .SH ARGUMENTS .IP "dev" 12 The network device to drop the link of .SH "DESCRIPTION" This drops the logical interface to the channel. It is not done politely as we assume we will also be dropping DTR. Any timeouts are killed.