Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2000 18:25:34 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Daniel Berlin <dberlin@cygnus.com>, Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, Daniel Berlin <dan@cgsoftware.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: PPPoE not working Message-ID: <200007031725.SAA87581@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Daniel Berlin <dberlin@cygnus.com> of "03 Jul 2000 11:50:39 EDT." <86bt0fqkkw.fsf@dan2.cygnus.com>
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It's worth cc'ing Archie on this....
Archie, it seems people are having problems using PPPoE since your
ng_ether changes. Any suggestions ?
> Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> writes:
>
> > > I see literally the exact same thing.
> > > I thought it was just my screwup, as i had installed 0609-CURRENT (the
> > > latest installs don't work, at least, on my desktop, so i picked the one
> > > from my birthday :P), which worked fine, then cvsup'd, installed the new
> > > kernel, did a make world, rebooted, and pppoe no longer worked.
> > > tcpdump shows the same thing you are seeing.
> >
> > Please try the latest version of ppp. It *should* try to load the
> > ng_ether node now. This is a requirement for new kernels.
> >
> > Alternatively, kldload ng_ether before starting ppp.
> >
>
> Doesn't help.
> I've just about narrowed the problem down to a kernel change.
> I can use an old kernel, with the new modules (including ng_ether, which is only compiled into my new kernel, not my old one), and it works fine.
> I can use either version of ppp (06-09, or one from today), and it doesn't change anything (IE it either works or doesn't, depending on which kernel i use).
> I can't use a new kernel, with netgraph compiled into it (all the ones i use), with or without older modules.
> I'm about to test a new kernel, without netgraph compiled into it, with older netgraph modules.
> I'll email back how it goes.
>
> --Dan
>
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