X-Git-Url: https://git.ozlabs.org/?p=ppp.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README.sol2;h=1c92ef6f30a10d8da6362847ba331c0602edf30a;hp=7420ee9710c18e91ea84ca7c1bada4d023f141e1;hb=30cbaa38bf520afd963d515ca6fe2f264d782fbe;hpb=f62f7eb5962b88ce228f0c4c4294abaf59354614 diff --git a/README.sol2 b/README.sol2 index 7420ee9..1c92ef6 100644 --- a/README.sol2 +++ b/README.sol2 @@ -1,9 +1,13 @@ -This file describes the installation process for ppp-2.2 on systems +This file describes the installation process for ppp-2.3 on systems running Solaris 2. The Solaris 2 and SVR4 ports share a lot of code but are not identical. The STREAMS kernel modules and driver for Solaris 2 are in the svr4 directory (and use some code from the modules directory). +***NOTE***: this package does not support Solaris 2.6 at present; +apparently the kernel interface to network interfaces has changed, and +this package has not yet been adapted correspondingly. Stay tuned. + Installation. ************* @@ -13,13 +17,19 @@ kernel modules. ./configure make +If you wish to use gcc (or another compiler) instead of Sun's 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. +directory and populates it with default configuration files. 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