-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
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
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