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+++ b/README.linux
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-PPP for Linux                                            Version 2.3.10
+PPP for Linux                                             Version 2.4.0
 =============                                                  based on
-                                                             ppp-2.3.10
-                                                         September 1999
+                                                              ppp-2.4.0
+                                                             April 2000
 
 Paul Mackerras      Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au
 Al Longyear         longyear@netcom.com
@@ -95,28 +95,42 @@ This package supports the new driver, although it doesn't include the
 source for the new driver.
 
 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
+ppp_async.c.  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
-present, pppd will create it.  However, if you are running with /dev
-on a read-only filesystem, pppd will not be able to create /dev/ppp.
-In that instance you should manually create /dev/ppp using the command
-`mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0'.
+character device (108,0).  If you are using devfs, the device
+filesystem, the /dev/ppp node will automagically appear when the
+ppp_generic module is loaded, or at startup if ppp_generic is compiled
+in.
+
+If you have ppp_generic as a module, and you are using devfsd (the
+devfs daemon), you will need to add a line like this to your
+/etc/devfsd.conf:
+
+LOOKUP         ppp             MODLOAD
+
+Otherwise you will need to create a /dev/ppp device node with the
+commands:
+
+# mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
+# chmod 600 /dev/ppp
 
 If you use module autoloading and have PPP as a module, you will need
-to add the following to /etc/conf.modules:
+to add the following to your /etc/modules.conf or /etc/conf.modules:
 
-alias tty-ldisc-3    ppp_async
+/dev/ppp            ppp_generic
 alias char-major-108 ppp_generic
+alias tty-ldisc-3    ppp_async
+alias tty-ldisc-14   ppp_synctty
 
 
 INSTALLATION
 
 This version of PPP has been tested on various Linux kernel versions
-(most recently 2.2.10). It will not work on kernels before 2.0.0. If
+(most recently 2.2.14). It will not work on kernels before 2.2.0. If
 you have an earlier kernel, please upgrade to the latest 2.2-series
 kernel.
 
@@ -206,7 +220,7 @@ above).
 
 If you are using a kernel earlier than 2.2.8, you can either use the
 driver in this package or upgrade your kernel to the current 2.2.x
-series kernel (2.2.12, as of the release of ppp-2.3.10).  If you choose
+series kernel (2.2.13, as of the release of ppp-2.3.11).  If you choose
 to use the driver in this package, you will need a copy of the kernel
 source tree to compile the driver.  Issue the command: