.TH "sppp_open" 9 "sppp_open" "25 May 1998" "Kernel Hacker's Manual" LINUX
.SH NAME
sppp_open \-  open a synchronous PPP or Cisco HDLC link
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "int" sppp_open
.BI "(struct net_device *" dev ");"
.SH ARGUMENTS
.IP "dev" 12
	Network device to activate
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Close down any existing synchronous session and commence
from scratch. In the PPP case this means negotiating LCP/IPCP
and friends, while for Cisco HDLC we simply need to start sending
keepalives