RP-PPPoE now supports kernel-mode PPPoE on Linux kernels 2.4.x. However, the default "./go" build procedure does not make kernel-mode support. Here's what you need to do: 0) Make sure you are running kernel 2.4.x on the machine you will build rp-pppoe on. You must have the following kernel configuration settings: CONFIG_PPP=m or CONFIG_PPP=y CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=m or CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC=y CONFIG_PPP_SYNC_TTY=m or CONFIG_PPP_SYNC_TTY=y CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=m or CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE=y CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP=m or CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP=y CONFIG_PPPOE=m or CONFIG_PPPOE=y CONFIG_N_HDLC=m or CONFIG_N_HDLC=y CONFIG_UNIX98_PTYS=y You also need a /dev/ppp file: mknod --mode=664 /dev/ppp c 108 0 You might want to add these lines to /etc/modules.conf: alias char-major-108 ppp_generic alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async alias tty-ldisc-13 n_hdlc alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty alias net-pf-24 pppoe 1) Download Michal Ostrowski's patched version of pppd which supports a PPPoE plugin. The latest version as of this writing is at http://www.shoshin.uwaterloo.ca/~mostrows/ in http://www.shoshin.uwaterloo.ca/~mostrows/ppp-2.4.1-pppoe2.tgz. It is also mirrored at http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/ 2) Unpack that version of pppd and build and install it. 3) In the SAME DIRECTORY in which you unpacked Michal's patched pppd, unpack rp-pppoe. That is, you should see the directories: ppp-2.4.1.pppoe2 rp-pppoe-X.y in the same directory. 3) In the rp-pppoe directory, change to src/ and type: ./configure --enable-plugin If you didn't unpack ppp-2.4.1.pppoe2 where I suggested, then use: ./configure --enable-plugin=/path/to/ppp-tree Here, /path/to/ppp-tree is where you unpacked the pppd software. It should be the directory named ppp-2.4.2.pppoe2 4) Type make; make install 5) Edit /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf to include this line: LINUX_PLUGIN=/etc/ppp/plugins/rp-pppoe.so After that, adsl-start should use kernel-mode PPPoE. This code is experimental and unsupported. Use at your own risk. -- David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>
