NAME
sppp_open - open a synchronous PPP or Cisco HDLC link
SYNOPSIS
int sppp_open(struct net_device * dev);
ARGUMENTS
dev
Network device to activate
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