Installation instructions for installing ppp-2.2 on FreeBSD and NetBSD systems. This package supports NetBSD-1.0 and FreeBSD-2.0. It should work on later systems (it works on NetBSD-current as of this writing). Modloading is not yet supported. I have code which should work on earlier systems (386BSD, NetBSD-0.9, FreeBSD-1.1.5.1, etc.), but it is not included in this package because I have no way to test or support it. If you are committed to one of these earlier versions and you are willing to try out some code without needing major hand-holding, contact me (paulus@cs.anu.edu.au). To install PPP, you need to rebuild your kernel to include the latest version of the PPP driver, as well as compiling and installing the user-level applications: pppd, pppstats and chat. The user-level applications can be compiled and installed either before or after you reboot with the new kernel (you'll have to reboot with the new kernel before you can run them, of course). The following commands should compile and install the user-level applications (in the ppp-2.2 directory): ./configure make make install (you need to be root for this) The process of updating the kernel source files is now largely automated. In the ppp-2.2 directory, issue the command: make kernel (you probably need to be root for this). This will copy new versions of several files into /sys, patch other files, and finally give you instructions about modifying your kernel configuration file (if necessary), rebuilding the kernel and rebooting. If you want to do the process by hand, read on... Updating the kernel ppp code. ----------------------------- You need to update several files in the /sys/net directory, and patch some other files under /sys. For NetBSD-1.0, copy the following files to /sys/net: net/if_ppp.h net/ppp-comp.h net/ppp_defs.h netbsd/bsd-comp.c netbsd/if_ppp.c netbsd/if_pppvar.h netbsd/netisr.h netbsd/ppp_tty.c netbsd/slcompress.c netbsd/slcompress.h You then need to patch /sys/conf/files and /sys/conf/files.newconf using the commands: patch -p -N -d /sys/conf