From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 5 21:12:41 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 D22E1106566C for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 21:12:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from raven.bwct.de (raven.bwct.de [85.159.14.73]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 429698FC1A for ; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 21:12:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.cicely.de ([10.1.1.37]) by raven.bwct.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id oB5LClQC065979 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Sun, 5 Dec 2010 22:12:47 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from cicely7.cicely.de (cicely7.cicely.de [10.1.1.9]) by mail.cicely.de (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oB5LCQbv047831 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sun, 5 Dec 2010 22:12:26 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: from cicely7.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely7.cicely.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id oB5LCQRL044424; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 22:12:26 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso@cicely7.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely7.cicely.de (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id oB5LCPDc044423; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 22:12:25 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 22:12:25 +0100 From: Bernd Walter To: Julian Elischer Message-ID: <20101205211224.GL36574@cicely7.cicely.de> References: <4CFBC86D.8090602@userid.org> <20101205173059.GG36574@cicely7.cicely.de> <4CFBF658.4060705@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4CFBF658.4060705@freebsd.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely7.cicely.de 7.0-STABLE i386 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED=-1, BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.0 (2010-01-18) on spamd.cicely.de Cc: Bernd Walter , ticso@cicely.de, 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 Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de 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 21:12:41 -0000 On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 12:30:16PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > 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 No surprise that you like it ;-) > 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". Same for me if the machine's power is good enough, but my Router is a tiny FreeBSD/ARM, which has trouble to keep up with load if running traffic via userland. I use mpd together with ipfw nat to keep traffic in kernel. -- B.Walter http://www.bwct.de Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm.