Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 23:33:56 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org, brian@Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 ng_pppoe.4 src/sys/netgraph netgraph.h ng_base.c ng_pppoe.c ng_pppoe.h ng_socket.c Message-ID: <200102232333.f1NNXuo05666@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> of "Fri, 23 Feb 2001 08:34:22 PST." <200102231634.f1NGYMV02734@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> julian 2001/02/23 08:34:22 PST
>
> Modified files:
> share/man/man4 ng_pppoe.4
> sys/netgraph netgraph.h ng_base.c ng_pppoe.c
> ng_pppoe.h ng_socket.c
> Log:
> Shuffle sysctls a bit (thankyou whoever made them dynamic for modules)
> and add a sysctl to pppoe to activate non standard ethertypes
> so that idiot ISPs (apparently in France) who use
> equipment from idiot suppliers (rumour says 3com)
> who use nonstandard ethertypes can still connect.
>
> "yep, sure we do pppoe, we use a different identifier to that dictated in
> the standard, but sure it's pppoe!"
>
> sysctl -w net.graph.stupid_isp=1 enables the changeover.
Why (ab)use sysctls ? What if I want to have more than one PPPoE
link but only have odd ethertypes on one ?
Wouldn't a simple control message be more appropriate (although a bit
more tricky to write as we'd need to understand a list of ethertypes) ?
--
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org>
<http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !
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