SET_SA_FAMILY (rt.rt_dst, AF_INET);
SET_SA_FAMILY (rt.rt_gateway, AF_INET);
+ rt.rt_dev = ifname;
+
if (kernel_version > KVERSION(2,1,0)) {
SET_SA_FAMILY (rt.rt_genmask, AF_INET);
SIN_ADDR(rt.rt_genmask) = 0L;
int ppp_available(void)
{
- int s, ok, fd;
+ int s, ok, fd, err;
struct ifreq ifr;
int size;
int my_version, my_modification, my_patch;
int osmaj, osmin, ospatch;
- no_ppp_msg =
- "This system lacks kernel support for PPP. This could be because\n"
- "the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP was not\n"
- "included in the kernel configuration. If PPP was included as a\n"
- "module, try `/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'. If that fails, check that\n"
- "ppp.o exists in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net.\n"
- "See README.linux file in the ppp distribution for more details.\n";
-
/* get the kernel version now, since we are called before sys_init */
uname(&utsname);
osmaj = osmin = ospatch = 0;
kernel_version = KVERSION(osmaj, osmin, ospatch);
fd = open("/dev/ppp", O_RDWR);
-#if 0
- if (fd < 0 && errno == ENOENT) {
- /* try making it and see if that helps. */
- if (mknod("/dev/ppp", S_IFCHR | S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR,
- makedev(108, 0)) >= 0) {
- fd = open("/dev/ppp", O_RDWR);
- if (fd >= 0)
- info("Created /dev/ppp device node");
- else
- unlink("/dev/ppp"); /* didn't work, undo the mknod */
- } else if (errno == EEXIST) {
- fd = open("/dev/ppp", O_RDWR);
- }
- }
-#endif /* 0 */
if (fd >= 0) {
new_style_driver = 1;
close(fd);
return 1;
}
+ err = errno;
+
if (kernel_version >= KVERSION(2,3,13)) {
+ error("Couldn't open the /dev/ppp device: %m");
if (errno == ENOENT)
no_ppp_msg =
- "pppd is unable to open the /dev/ppp device.\n"
"You need to create the /dev/ppp device node by\n"
"executing the following command as root:\n"
" mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0\n";
+ else if (errno == ENODEV || errno == ENXIO)
+ no_ppp_msg =
+ "Please load the ppp_generic kernel module.\n";
return 0;
}
+ /* we are running on a really really old kernel */
+ no_ppp_msg =
+ "This system lacks kernel support for PPP. This could be because\n"
+ "the PPP kernel module could not be loaded, or because PPP was not\n"
+ "included in the kernel configuration. If PPP was included as a\n"
+ "module, try `/sbin/modprobe -v ppp'. If that fails, check that\n"
+ "ppp.o exists in /lib/modules/`uname -r`/net.\n"
+ "See README.linux file in the ppp distribution for more details.\n";
+
/*
* Open a socket for doing the ioctl operations.
*/