Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 17:43:29 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org>, cvs-committers@freebsd.org, cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/share/man/man4 ng_pppoe.4 src/sys/netgraph netgraph.h ng_base.c ng_pppoe.c ng_pppoe.h ng_socket.c Message-ID: <3A9711C0.7DC116EF@elischer.org> References: <200102232333.f1NNXuo05666@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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Brian Somers wrote: > > > julian 2001/02/23 08:34:22 PST > > > > Modified files: > > share/man/man4 ng_pppoe.4 > > sys/netgraph netgraph.h ng_base.c ng_pppoe.c > > ng_pppoe.h ng_socket.c > > Log: > > Shuffle sysctls a bit (thankyou whoever made them dynamic for modules) > > and add a sysctl to pppoe to activate non standard ethertypes > > so that idiot ISPs (apparently in France) who use > > equipment from idiot suppliers (rumour says 3com) > > who use nonstandard ethertypes can still connect. > > > > "yep, sure we do pppoe, we use a different identifier to that dictated in > > the standard, but sure it's pppoe!" > > > > sysctl -w net.graph.stupid_isp=1 enables the changeover. > > Why (ab)use sysctls ? What if I want to have more than one PPPoE > link but only have odd ethertypes on one ? > > Wouldn't a simple control message be more appropriate (although a bit > more tricky to write as we'd need to understand a list of ethertypes) ? I looked at that and this was certainly the EASIEST answer for the people stuck with such an ISP. Hopefully this will only be used by a small number of users in france. Not worth the complexity of having more complete support. (how many DSL connections does the average user have? ) :-) > > -- > Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org> > <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@[uk.]OpenBSD.org> > Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! -- __--_|\ Julian Elischer / \ julian@elischer.org ( OZ ) World tour 2000-2001 ---> X_.---._/ v To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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