From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Oct 3 18:22:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA03172 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 18:22:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lestat.nas.nasa.gov (lestat.nas.nasa.gov [129.99.50.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA03095 for ; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 18:22:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from thorpej@lestat.nas.nasa.gov) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lestat.nas.nasa.gov (8.8.8/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA24516; Sat, 3 Oct 1998 18:02:45 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199810040102.SAA24516@lestat.nas.nasa.gov> X-Authentication-Warning: lestat.nas.nasa.gov: localhost [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Open Systems Networking Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is PPP now being used by all 3 *BSD's? Reply-To: Jason Thorpe From: Jason Thorpe Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1998 18:02:45 -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 3 Oct 1998 19:14:57 -0400 (EDT) Open Systems Networking wrote: > I got off my ass and am writing an article on creating a dial on demand > ppp router for small ofices and lans and had "FreeBSD" strewn throughout > but decided I would rather use "*BSD" instead to show a more united front > and attempt to include everyone. But I didnt know if all 3 are using the > brian's ppp work? I assume so but I wanted to know for sure. > Anyone? NetBSD uses in-kernel PPP, not userland PPP. pppd(8) does the PPP connection setup, and control messages, and stuff... but framing et al are all handled in the kernel by if_ppp.c Note that the PPP package we use also supports demand-dial and whatnot. Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov NASA Ames Research Center Home: +1 408 866 1912 NAS: M/S 258-5 Work: +1 650 604 0935 Moffett Field, CA 94035 Pager: +1 650 940 5942 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message