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diff --git a/pppd/pppd.8 b/pppd/pppd.8
index a7b4db8..67b5d32 100644
--- a/pppd/pppd.8
+++ b/pppd/pppd.8
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" manual page [] for pppd 2.3
-.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.43 1999/08/12 04:22:53 paulus Exp $
+.\" $Id: pppd.8,v 1.46 1999/08/24 05:31:10 paulus Exp $
 .\" SH section heading
 .\" SS subsection heading
 .\" LP paragraph
@@ -148,13 +148,14 @@ Set the MRU [Maximum Receive Unit] value to \fIn\fR. Pppd
 will ask the peer to send packets of no more than \fIn\fR bytes.  The
 minimum MRU value is 128.  The default MRU value is 1500.  A value of
 296 is recommended for slow links (40 bytes for TCP/IP header + 256
-bytes of data).
+bytes of data).  (Note that for IPv6 MRU must be at least 1280)
 .TP
 .B mtu \fIn
 Set the MTU [Maximum Transmit Unit] value to \fIn\fR.  Unless the
 peer requests a smaller value via MRU negotiation, pppd will
 request that the kernel networking code send data packets of no more
-than \fIn\fR bytes through the PPP network interface. 
+than \fIn\fR bytes through the PPP network interface.  (Note that for 
+IPv6 MTU must be at least 1280)
 .TP
 .B passive
 Enables the "passive" option in the LCP.  With this option, pppd will
@@ -177,6 +178,14 @@ will not accept a different value from the peer in the IPCP
 negotiation, unless the \fIipcp-accept-local\fR and/or
 \fIipcp-accept-remote\fR options are given, respectively.
 .TP
+.B ipv6 \fI<local_interface_identifier>\fR,\fI<remote_interface_identifier>
+Set the local and/or remote 64-bit interface identifier. Either one may be
+omitted. The identifier must be specified in standard ascii notation of
+IPv6 addresses (e.g. ::dead:beef). If the
+\fIipv6cp-use-ipaddr\fR
+option is given, the local identifier is the local IPv4 address (see above).
+Otherwise the identifier is randomized.
+.TP
 .B active-filter \fIfilter-expression
 Specifies a packet filter to be applied to data packets to determine
 which packets are to be regarded as link activity, and therefore reset
@@ -320,6 +329,22 @@ Provides an extra parameter to the ip-up and ip-down scripts.  If this
 option is given, the \fIstring\fR supplied is given as the 6th
 parameter to those scripts.
 .TP
+.B ipv6cp-max-configure \fIn
+Set the maximum number of IPv6CP configure-request transmissions to
+\fIn\fR (default 10).
+.TP
+.B ipv6cp-max-failure \fIn
+Set the maximum number of IPv6CP configure-NAKs returned before starting
+to send configure-Rejects instead to \fIn\fR (default 10).
+.TP
+.B ipv6cp-max-terminate \fIn
+Set the maximum number of IPv6CP terminate-request transmissions to
+\fIn\fR (default 3).
+.TP
+.B ipv6cp-restart \fIn
+Set the IPv6CP restart interval (retransmission timeout) to \fIn\fR
+seconds (default 3).
+.TP
 .B ipx
 Enable the IPXCP and IPX protocols.  This option is presently only
 supported under Linux, and only if your kernel has been configured to
@@ -426,6 +451,13 @@ Set the maximum number of LCP terminate-request transmissions to
 Set the LCP restart interval (retransmission timeout) to \fIn\fR
 seconds (default 3).
 .TP
+.B linkname \fIname\fR
+Sets the logical name of the link to \fIname\fR.  Pppd will create a
+file named \fBppp-\fIname\fB.pid\fR in /var/run (or /etc/ppp on some
+systems) containing its process ID.  This can be useful in determining
+which instance of pppd is responsible for the link to a given peer
+system.  This is a privileged option.
+.TP
 .B local
 Don't use the modem control lines.  With this option, pppd will ignore
 the state of the CD (Carrier Detect) signal from the modem and will
@@ -550,6 +582,11 @@ Disable IPCP negotiation and IP communication.  This option should
 only be required if the peer is buggy and gets confused by requests
 from pppd for IPCP negotiation.
 .TP
+.B noipv6
+Disable IPv6CP negotiation and IPv6 communication. This option should
+only be required if the peer is buggy and gets confused by requests
+from pppd for IPv6CP negotiation.
+.TP
 .B noipdefault
 Disables the default behaviour when no local IP address is specified,
 which is to determine (if possible) the local IP address from the
@@ -580,7 +617,7 @@ default unless the \fIpersist\fR or \fIdemand\fR option has been
 specified.
 .TP
 .B nopredictor1
-Do not accept or agree to Predictor-1 comprssion.
+Do not accept or agree to Predictor-1 compression.
 .TP
 .B noproxyarp
 Disable the \fIproxyarp\fR option.  The system administrator who
@@ -1214,6 +1251,9 @@ connection.
 .B BYTES_RCVD
 The number of bytes received (at the level of the serial port) during
 the connection.
+.TP
+.B LINKNAME
+The logical name of the link, set with the \fIlinkname\fR option.
 .P
 Pppd invokes the following scripts, if they exist.  It is not an error
 if they don't exist.
@@ -1247,6 +1287,18 @@ used for undoing the effects of the /etc/ppp/ip-up script.  It is
 invoked in the same manner and with the same parameters as the ip-up
 script.
 .TP
+.B /etc/ppp/ipv6-up
+Like /etc/ppp/ip-up, except that it is executed when the link is available 
+for sending and receiving IPv6 packets. It is executed with the parameters
+.IP
+\fIinterface-name tty-device speed local-link-local-address
+remote-link-local-address ipparam\fR
+.TP
+.B /etc/ppp/ipv6-down
+Similar to /etc/ppp/ip-down, but it is executed when IPv6 packets can no
+longer be transmitted on the link. It is executed with the same parameters 
+as the ipv6-up script.
+.TP
 .B /etc/ppp/ipx-up
 A program or script which is executed when the link is available for
 sending and receiving IPX packets (that is, IPXCP has come up).  It is
@@ -1278,6 +1330,10 @@ script.
 .B /var/run/ppp\fIn\fB.pid \fR(BSD or Linux), \fB/etc/ppp/ppp\fIn\fB.pid \fR(others)
 Process-ID for pppd process on ppp interface unit \fIn\fR.
 .TP
+.B /var/run/ppp-\fIname\fB.pid \fR(BSD or Linux), \fB/etc/ppp/ppp-\fIname\fB.pid \fR(others)
+Process-ID for pppd process for logical link \fIname\fR (see the
+\fIlinkname\fR option).
+.TP
 .B /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
 Usernames, passwords and IP addresses for PAP authentication.  This
 file should be owned by root and not readable or writable by any other
@@ -1340,6 +1396,11 @@ July 1994.
 Simpson, W.A.
 .I PPP in HDLC-like Framing.
 July 1994.
+.TP
+.B RFC2472
+Haskin, D.
+.I IP Version 6 over PPP
+December 1998.
 .SH NOTES
 The following signals have the specified effect when sent to pppd.
 .TP