From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 5 20:30:27 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78776106564A for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 20:30:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@freebsd.org) Received: from out-0.mx.aerioconnect.net (out-0-33.mx.aerioconnect.net [216.240.47.93]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 592E98FC15 for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 20:30:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from idiom.com (postfix@mx0.idiom.com [216.240.32.160]) by out-0.mx.aerioconnect.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id oB5KUMCE029700; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 12:30:23 -0800 X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e X-Client-Authorized: MaGic Cook1e Received: from julian-mac.elischer.org (h-67-100-89-137.snfccasy.static.covad.net [67.100.89.137]) by idiom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 885A42D6015; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 12:30:21 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4CFBF658.4060705@freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:30:16 -0800 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101027 Thunderbird/3.1.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ticso@cicely.de References: <4CFBC86D.8090602@userid.org> <20101205173059.GG36574@cicely7.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <20101205173059.GG36574@cicely7.cicely.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.67 on 216.240.47.51 Cc: Bernd Walter , Pierre Lamy , freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: In-kernel PPPoE X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 20:30:27 -0000 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".