Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 22:12:25 +0100 From: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> Cc: Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely7.cicely.de>, ticso@cicely.de, Pierre Lamy <pierre@userid.org>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: In-kernel PPPoE Message-ID: <20101205211224.GL36574@cicely7.cicely.de> In-Reply-To: <4CFBF658.4060705@freebsd.org> References: <4CFBC86D.8090602@userid.org> <20101205173059.GG36574@cicely7.cicely.de> <4CFBF658.4060705@freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 12:30:16PM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > 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 No surprise that you like it ;-) > 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". Same for me if the machine's power is good enough, but my Router is a tiny FreeBSD/ARM, which has trouble to keep up with load if running traffic via userland. I use mpd together with ipfw nat to keep traffic in kernel. -- B.Walter <bernd@bwct.de> http://www.bwct.de Modbus/TCP Ethernet I/O Baugruppen, ARM basierte FreeBSD Rechner uvm.
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