Add extra baud rates >= 1Mbaud.

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@@ -55,9 +55,25 @@ use any IP address.  (This only applies where the peer is
 authenticating itself to you, of course.)
 
 
-What's new in ppp-2.4.3.
+What's new in ppp-2.4.4.
 ************************
 
+* Pppd will now run /etc/ppp/ip-pre-up, if it exists, after creating
+  the ppp interface and configuring its IP addresses but before
+  bringing it up.  This can be used, for example, for adding firewall
+  rules for the interface.
+
+* Lots of bugs fixed, particularly in the area of demand-dialled and
+  persistent connections.
+
+* The rp-pppoe plugin now accepts any interface name (that isn't an
+  existing pppd option name) without putting "nic-" on the front of
+  it, not just eth*, nas*, tap* and br*.
+
+
+What was new in ppp-2.4.3.
+**************************
+
 * The configure script now accepts --prefix and --sysconfdir options.
   These default to /usr/local and /etc.  If you want pppd put in
   /usr/sbin as before, use ./configure --prefix=/usr.
@@ -95,6 +111,18 @@ What's new in ppp-2.4.3.
 * There is a new pppoatm plugin, by various authors, sent in by David
   Woodhouse.
 
+* The multilink code has been substantially reworked.  The first pppd
+  for a bundle still controls the ppp interface, but it doesn't exit
+  until all the links in the bundle have terminated.  If the first
+  pppd is signalled to exit, it signals all the other pppds
+  controlling links in the bundle.
+
+* The TDB code has been updated to the latest version.  This should
+  eliminate the problem that some people have seen where the database
+  file (/var/run/pppd.tdb) keeps on growing.  Unfortunately, however,
+  the new code uses an incompatible database format.  For this reason,
+  pppd now uses /var/run/pppd2.tdb as the database filename.
+
 
 What was new in ppp-2.4.2.
 **************************
@@ -205,8 +233,8 @@ The BSD-Compress algorithm used for packet compression is the same as
 that used in the Unix "compress" command.  It was apparently covered
 by U.S. patents 4,814,746 (owned by IBM) and 4,558,302 (owned by
 Unisys), and corresponding patents in various other countries (but not
-Australia).  I believe the Unisys patent expired in the US on 20 June
-2003, and that the IBM patent was older.
+Australia).  Apparently the Unisys patent expired in the US on 20 June
+2003, but the IBM patent is still pending.
 
 If these patents are of concern in your situation, you can build the
 package without including BSD-Compress.  To do this, edit
@@ -248,4 +276,4 @@ The primary site for releases of this software is:
        ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/
 
 
-($Id: README,v 1.33 2004/11/06 11:36:54 paulus Exp $)
+($Id: README,v 1.37 2006/05/29 23:51:29 paulus Exp $)