X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.linux;h=5f2fc7c965a9924cc4da58e6ca0167f86f259167;hp=086901183f62c8993f5b7c62ec66941ec1f8d82b;hb=2c872bc67b83b91ba6390f6e5e72be08e09811a1;hpb=44cd25b6c5a886f3cb615f2f0d8d78c6a52a2030 diff --git a/README.linux b/README.linux index 0869011..5f2fc7c 100644 --- a/README.linux +++ b/README.linux @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -PPP for Linux Version 2.3.10 +PPP for Linux Version 2.3.11 ============= based on - ppp-2.3.10 - September 1999 + ppp-2.3.11 + December 1999 Paul Mackerras Paul.Mackerras@cs.anu.edu.au Al Longyear longyear@netcom.com @@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ 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 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 @@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ If you use module autoloading and have PPP as a module, you will need to add the following to your /etc/modules.conf or /etc/conf.modules: alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async +alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty alias char-major-108 ppp_generic @@ -206,7 +209,7 @@ 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: