Date: Sun, 05 Dec 2010 12:30:16 -0800 From: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> To: ticso@cicely.de Cc: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de>, Pierre Lamy <pierre@userid.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: In-kernel PPPoE Message-ID: <4CFBF658.4060705@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20101205173059.GG36574@cicely7.cicely.de> References: <4CFBC86D.8090602@userid.org> <20101205173059.GG36574@cicely7.cicely.de>
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On 12/5/10 9:30 AM, Bernd Walter wrote: > 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. while I like mpd, I should point out that the regular 'in source' ppp that comes with freebsd also uses the in-kernel netgraph pppoe module. I use it 24 x 7 on my gateway as I never got around to installing mpd and it "did the job".
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