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From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de>
To: Pierre Lamy <pierre@userid.org>
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Subject: Re: In-kernel PPPoE
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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.

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B.Walter <bernd@bwct.de> http://www.bwct.de
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