X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.linux;h=3842087bde32a8eb37bb867880c7e439536e3fa6;hp=c43c3e7e0776b658d48ba4c6f563da4bc69c6492;hb=f941c11e2e2de87900a20cf38f2d2d53d772c10e;hpb=b194902e6d9141e12a22603eac3ed4a7660c8643 diff --git a/README.linux b/README.linux index c43c3e7..3842087 100644 --- a/README.linux +++ b/README.linux @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -PPP for Linux Version 2.3.6 +PPP for Linux Version 2.3.7 ============= based on - ppp-2.3.6 - February 1999 + ppp-2.3.7 + March 1999 Michael Callahan callahan@maths.ox.ac.uk Al Longyear longyear@netcom.com @@ -84,9 +84,9 @@ Paul Mackerras rewrote and restructured the code for improved performance and to make a cleaner separation between the network-interface and async TTY parts of the ppp driver. - Nick Walker added the code to query the peer for DNS server addresses. + INSTALLATION This version of PPP has been tested on various Linux kernel versions @@ -166,12 +166,14 @@ set of symbolic links to the makefiles. They should link 'Makefile' to 2. Update the kernel sources. If you are using a 2.2.x kernel (or a recent 2.1.x kernel), you do not -need to do this step. If your kernel is already configured for PPP, -then you only need to do steps 5 and 6. Otherwise, continue at step 3. - -If you are using a 2.0.x kernel, you need to update the kernel ppp -driver to the version in this package. You will need a copy of the -kernel source tree to do this. Issue the command: +need to do this step unless you need the synchronous HDLC support. If +your kernel is already configured for PPP, then you only need to do +steps 5 and 6. Otherwise, continue at step 3. + +If you are using a 2.0.x kernel, or you need the synchronous HDLC +support, you need to update the kernel ppp driver to the version in +this package. You will need a copy of the kernel source tree to do +this. Issue the command: make kernel