X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.sunos4;h=b388f2d8e2b2d7b73458d6f067aae451575551f5;hp=e6d4b203acf4e1ce62fc695d183253056b3a44b7;hb=e5ad7e3dbf232955054ee90e54cebd6ee9533a85;hpb=b22e7afb67bcf842bf8c9194f4447b2e57978c3d diff --git a/README.sunos4 b/README.sunos4 index e6d4b20..b388f2d 100644 --- a/README.sunos4 +++ b/README.sunos4 @@ -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. @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ 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): +2. Install the pppd, pppstats and chat programs and the loadable +module object files (you need to be root to do this): make install @@ -45,3 +45,7 @@ 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.