From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Jul 22 8:10: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.ORG [204.216.27.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4150C37B5C5 for ; Sat, 22 Jul 2000 08:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.9.3/8.9.2) id IAA68008; Sat, 22 Jul 2000 08:10:03 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 08:10:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200007221510.IAA68008@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Ben Smithurst Subject: Re: docs/20107: Documention of setup of user ppp does not apply to 4.0 as it did to 3.x Reply-To: Ben Smithurst Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/20107; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Ben Smithurst To: george.russell@clara.net Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/20107: Documention of setup of user ppp does not apply to 4.0 as it did to 3.x Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 15:32:32 +0100 george.russell@clara.net wrote: > The documentatin sstates that ifconfig -a will show if you have tun drivers > compiled into the kernel for use by user ppp. > > It does not show in the output if they are there in 4.0, as the tun behaviour > has changed. >> How-To-Repeat: > >> Fix: > Mention in 4.0 that it will not appear in the output, and it is included > in the GENRRIC kernel anyway, so should work anyway. Does something like this look ok? --- chapter.sgml 2000/07/16 16:43:40 1.26 +++ chapter.sgml 2000/07/18 17:44:57 @@ -156,6 +156,15 @@ inet 203.10.100.1 --> 203.10.100.20 netmask 0xffffffff tun3: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 + + In FreeBSD 4.0 and later releases, you will only see any + tun devices which have already been + used. This means you might not see any + tun devices. If this is the case, do + not worry; the device should be created dynamically when + ppp attempts to use it. + + This case shows four tunnel devices, two of which are currently configured and being used. It should be noted that the RUNNING flag above indicates that the @@ -209,6 +218,10 @@ &prompt.root; ifconfig tun0 tun0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 + + Remember from earlier that you might not see the device if it + has not been used yet, as tun devices are + created on demand in FreeBSD 4.0 and later releases. -- Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D FreeBSD Documentation Project / To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message