X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.linux;h=d82a397603bc45674a8c96907bfc41bef3ef0543;hb=5a6692da546f8a60b21a49ccfb1298812edc761d;hp=086901183f62c8993f5b7c62ec66941ec1f8d82b;hpb=44cd25b6c5a886f3cb615f2f0d8d78c6a52a2030;p=ppp.git diff --git a/README.linux b/README.linux index 0869011..d82a397 100644 --- a/README.linux +++ b/README.linux @@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ The new driver is divided into two files: ppp_generic.c and ppp_async.c. The old ppp.c is still present in the kernel sources but is not used. If you compile PPP as a module, you will get two separate modules, called ppp_generic and ppp_async. +Another module ppp_synctty is used for synchronous tty devices +such as high-speed WAN adapters for leased T1/E1 lines. To talk to the new driver, pppd needs to be able to open /dev/ppp, character device (108,0). If the special file node /dev/ppp is not @@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ If you use module autoloading and have PPP as a module, you will need to add the following to your /etc/modules.conf or /etc/conf.modules: alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async +alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty alias char-major-108 ppp_generic