From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 5 23:32:41 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 74491106566C; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 23:32:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@freebsd.org) Received: from citadel.icyb.net.ua (citadel.icyb.net.ua [212.40.38.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 887DA8FC15; Sun, 5 Dec 2010 23:32:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from porto.topspin.kiev.ua (porto-e.starpoint.kiev.ua [212.40.38.100]) by citadel.icyb.net.ua (8.8.8p3/ICyb-2.3exp) with ESMTP id BAA26759; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:32:37 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from avg@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost.topspin.kiev.ua ([127.0.0.1]) by porto.topspin.kiev.ua with esmtp (Exim 4.34 (FreeBSD)) id 1PPO4L-0009hD-84; Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:32:37 +0200 Message-ID: <4CFC2114.6040203@freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:32:36 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101029 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Julian Elischer References: <4CFBC86D.8090602@userid.org> <20101205173059.GG36574@cicely7.cicely.de> <4CFBF658.4060705@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <4CFBF658.4060705@freebsd.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: 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 23:32:41 -0000 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. -- Andriy Gapon