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Date:      Sun, 5 Dec 2010 20:45:33 -0500
From:      David Rhodus <sdrhodus@gmail.com>
To:        Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: In-kernel PPPoE
Message-ID:  <AANLkTik5-tAEJTfYOZqyLOjeUFVcU7M4%2BK9m_KU81o=C@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Andriy Gapon <avg@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 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?
>>>
>>>> =A0From using it for a long time in OpenBSD I always found it quite st=
able
>>>> 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 th=
at comes
>> with
>> freebsd also uses the in-kernel netgraph pppoe module. =A0 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


Does mpd work in -current ? Last tried I, netgraph had problems with mpd.



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