From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 9 16:24:54 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92FD316A400 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 16:24:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emss@free.fr) Received: from kellthuzad.dmz.nerim.net (smtp-dmz-235-friday.dmz.nerim.net [195.5.254.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 500C013C4A8 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 16:24:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from emss@free.fr) Received: from mallaury.nerim.net (smtp-105-friday.noc.nerim.net [62.4.17.105]) by kellthuzad.dmz.nerim.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81F32248C7 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 17:24:13 +0100 (CET) Received: from srvbsdnanssv.interne.kisoft-services.com (kisoft.net1.nerim.net [62.212.107.51]) by mallaury.nerim.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C59A4F451; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 17:24:08 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by srvbsdnanssv.interne.kisoft-services.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2BF07C17B; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 17:24:17 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at example.com Received: from srvbsdnanssv.interne.kisoft-services.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (srvbsdnanssv.interne.kisoft-services.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id oeheG+qUPUtf; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 17:24:11 +0100 (CET) Received: by srvbsdnanssv.interne.kisoft-services.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 931A5C13A; Fri, 9 Feb 2007 17:24:11 +0100 (CET) To: Peter Jeremy From: Eric Masson In-Reply-To: <20070209081333.GA834@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> (Peter Jeremy's message of "Fri, 9 Feb 2007 19:13:33 +1100") References: <45CBA137.7050701@isp.com> <20070209081333.GA834@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p10 i386 Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 17:24:11 +0100 Message-ID: <86veib1eqc.fsf@srvbsdnanssv.interne.kisoft-services.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1007 (Gnus v5.10.7) XEmacs/21.5-b27 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: vistua@sdf.lonestar.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pppd crashes, was: kde-freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:24:54 -0000 Peter Jeremy writes: Hi, > Actually, kernel PPP has one significant (at least theoretical) > advantage over user ppp: Network data is not pushed through the > kernel/userland interface an additional two times. This is irrelevant > for low-speed modem interfaces but could be significant for PPPoE on > high-speed broadband. Right, and an up to date pppd in base would be imho really nice to have. Kernel pppoe as in Net/Open would be an alternative to net/mpd. (No, I'm not volunteering to port NetBSD's kernel ppp to FreeBSD as my C & kernel programming skills are way under required level) > Keep in mind that a firewall host is likely to be a slow box - either > a pensioned-off desktop or a mini-ITX style system. That sometimes run other apps... -- Et manque de bol, ça accélère énormément cette nouvelle version (à croire que l'ancienne était codée en 68k et utilisait ApplScript). -+- SC in Guide du Macounet Pervers : Jobs, stakhanoviste ? Nooon ! -+-