X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.linux;h=5f2fc7c965a9924cc4da58e6ca0167f86f259167;hp=df918cfcf07b6696e0a209fb7d14171716e49f91;hb=dd98145afae71e5b436fdf8a989651d727d8cf31;hpb=3af7b529609dfc5ef233634f3a17d091e2234252 diff --git a/README.linux b/README.linux index df918cf..5f2fc7c 100644 --- a/README.linux +++ b/README.linux @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -PPP for Linux Version 2.3.9 +PPP for Linux Version 2.3.11 ============= based on - ppp-2.3.9 - July 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 @@ -107,9 +109,10 @@ In that instance you should manually create /dev/ppp using the command `mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0'. 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 +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 (2.2.11, as of the release of ppp-2.3.9). 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: