X-Git-Url: http://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.svr4;h=86942bbbe64c0b19883b8541aa3c960009f642b4;hp=277402061b295981d301cc478c58a0e8d2f641e4;hb=b5c0cf380b11e37f580e6f2affcb78d5ccedade0;hpb=225af82e3d41bbf2833486a01b0a0db2d67a3844 diff --git a/README.svr4 b/README.svr4 index 2774020..86942bb 100644 --- a/README.svr4 +++ b/README.svr4 @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ -The System V Release 4 (svr4) port of this software has been developed -under Solaris 2, which has some extensions which are not available on -all SVR4 systems, particularly in the area of multi-thread (MT) -support in the kernel. Although the code supplied here may work under -other SVR4 systems, these instructions are specifically for Solaris 2. +This file describes the installation process for ppp-2.3 on systems +running standard System V Release 4 and using the Lachman TCP/IP +protocol code. The STREAMS kernel modules and driver for SVR4 are in +the svr4 directory (and use some code from the modules directory). Installation. ************* @@ -13,20 +12,23 @@ kernel modules. ./configure make +If you wish to use gcc instead of cc, edit the svr4/Makedefs file and +uncomment the definition of CC. You can also change the options +passed to the C compiler by editing the COPTS definition. + 2. Install the programs and kernel modules: as root, do make install -This installs pppd, chat and pppstats in /usr/local/bin and the kernel -modules in /kernel/drv and /kernel/strmod, and creates the /etc/ppp -directory and populates it with default configuration files. +This installs pppd, chat and pppstats in /usr/local/bin and adds the +ppp STREAMS modules and driver to the system configuration. You can +change the installation directories by editing svr4/Makedefs. -If your system normally has only one network interface, the default -Solaris 2 system startup scripts will disable IP forwarding in the IP -kernel module. This will prevent the remote machine from using the -local machine as a gateway to access other hosts. The solution is to -create an /etc/ppp/ip-up script containing something like this: +3. Rebuild your kernel (with /etc/conf/bin/idbuild) and reboot. - #!/bin/sh - /usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/ip ip_forwarding 2 +Bug reports. +************ +If you find a bug in this software, please send email to Matthias +Apitz (Matthias.Apitz@sisis.de) describing the bug and, if possible, a +workaround or fix for the bug.