Updated Solaris-related READMEs for the current code.

[ppp.git] / README.sunos4

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@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-This file describes the installation process for ppp-2.2 on systems
-running SunOS 4.x (or the equivalent).
+This file describes the installation process for ppp-2.3 on systems
+running SunOS 4.1.x (or the equivalent).
 
 The STREAMS modules in the sunos4 directory provide kernel support for
-PPP on SunOS 4.x systems.  They have been tested under SunOS 4.1.3 on
-a SparcStation 1+.  They should work under earlier SunOS 4.x systems,
-but no guarantees are given.
+PPP on SunOS 4.1.x systems.  They have been tested under SunOS 4.1.3
+on a SparcStation 1+.  They should work under earlier SunOS 4.1.x
+systems, but no guarantees are given.
 
 These modules are designed to be loaded into the running kernel using
 the `modload' command.
@@ -19,15 +19,21 @@ kernel modules.
        ./configure
        make
 
-2. Install the pppd, pppstats chat programs and the loadable module
-object files (you need to be root to do this):
+If you wish to compile using gcc instead of cc, edit the
+sunos4/Makedefs file and uncomment the line saying "CC = gcc".  You
+can also change the C compiler options by editing the COPTS
+definition.
+
+2. Install the pppd, pppstats and chat programs and the loadable
+module object files (you need to be root to do this):
 
        make install
 
 By default, the programs and the loadable module object files go into
 /usr/local/etc.  Doing `make install' also copies a script called
 ppp.INSTALL into /dev, and makes ppp.LOAD, ppp.UNLOAD, ppp.MKDEV and
-ppp.RMDEV links to it.
+ppp.RMDEV links to it.  You can change the installation directories by
+editing sunos4/Makedefs.
 
 3. Load the ppp modules (you need to be root for this too):
 
@@ -45,3 +51,12 @@ and then create a /dev/ppp.AUTOLOAD file with the command
 
        touch /dev/ppp.AUTOLOAD
 
+It is not advisable to unload the "if_ppp" module, because it creates
+network interface units, and SunOS does not provide any way to destroy
+network interfaces once created.  If you do unload it, the system will
+probably crash at some later stage.
+
+If you have previously had ppp-2.2 installed, you may have statements
+in your /etc/rc.local to load the ppp module.  You will need to remove
+those.  Having done this, you will need to reboot to remove the old
+ppp module and load the new modules.