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| author | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 1999-11-17 03:51:14 +0000 |
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| committer | Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> | 1999-11-17 03:51:14 +0000 |
| commit | 8dfe4c168749ea81bfd3b988d806e2af50344610 (patch) | |
| tree | 190b45d2b913ffd20a7f0dc525ab3cd6c8a3408a /README.linux | |
| parent | 68bdfaefd4bd152d084db1056e13610ca9177850 (diff) | |
| download | ppp-8dfe4c168749ea81bfd3b988d806e2af50344610.tar.gz | |
sync ppp update for new driver
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diff --git a/README.linux b/README.linux index 0869011..d82a397 100644 --- a/README.linux +++ b/README.linux @@ -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 @@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ If you use module autoloading and have PPP as a module, you will need 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 |