Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 01:32:36 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: In-kernel PPPoE Message-ID: <4CFC2114.6040203@freebsd.org> 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 05/12/2010 22:30 Julian Elischer said the following: > 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". BTW, there is a rumor that mpd may become an 'in source' program too. -- Andriy Gapon
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