Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 09:50:16 +0200 From: Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org> To: David Rhodus <sdrhodus@gmail.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: In-kernel PPPoE Message-ID: <4CFDE738.9020801@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <mailpost.1291599994.8978324.81643.mailing.freebsd.current@FreeBSD.cs.nctu.edu.tw> References: <4CFC2114.6040203@freebsd.org> <mailpost.1291599994.8978324.81643.mailing.freebsd.current@FreeBSD.cs.nctu.edu.tw>
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On 06.12.2010 03:45, David Rhodus wrote: > On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Andriy Gapon<avg@freebsd.org> wrote: >> on 05/12/2010 22:30 Julian Elischer said the following: >>> On 12/5/10 9:30 AM, Bernd Walter wrote: >>>> On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 12:14:21PM -0500, Pierre Lamy wrote: >>>>> Just curious about why the in-kernel PPPoE interface was never ported >>>>> from NetBSD or OpenBSD, to FreeBSD. Does anyone know why? >>>> Maybe because everyone who cares about in-kernel uses the FreeBSD >>>> in-kernel ng_pppoe via mpd? >>>> >>>>> From using it for a long time in OpenBSD I always found it quite stable >>>>> and easy to use. >>>> The same is true with mpd/ng_pppoe. >>> while I like mpd, I should point out that the regular 'in source' ppp that comes >>> with >>> freebsd also uses the in-kernel netgraph pppoe module. I use it 24 x 7 on my >>> gateway >>> as I never got around to installing mpd and it "did the job". >> >> BTW, there is a rumor that mpd may become an 'in source' program too. > > Does mpd work in -current ? Last tried I, netgraph had problems with mpd. Sure it does! What is the problem? -- Alexander Motin
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