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| author | joerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-10-11 18:41:12 +0000 |
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| committer | joerg <joerg@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-10-11 18:41:12 +0000 |
| commit | 11466e2a6f0898af142d8fbff4ead6b7078c6e04 (patch) | |
| tree | ba966c28a9ee2fd3a3675af443bd55d6ee00cb30 /release | |
| parent | f6ca7e9935c66b2672348ae0eb79d57669ffaf30 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-11466e2a6f0898af142d8fbff4ead6b7078c6e04.zip FreeBSD-src-11466e2a6f0898af142d8fbff4ead6b7078c6e04.tar.gz | |
Mention the improved sppp(4).
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| -rw-r--r-- | release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp | 8 |
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diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp index cc874f3..2a3d647 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp @@ -213,6 +213,14 @@ network interface driver. This is for example necesseray for PPP drivers to communicate things like CHAP names and secrets, or variable options between the driver and a userland utility. +sppp(4) has been improved a fair bit since FreeBSD 2.2.X. It now +employs a full-fledged PPP state machine, offers a lot more of LCP and +IPCP negotiation, making it ready for dial-on-demand connections (like +those that are often running over ISDN). It also offers PAP or CHAP +authentication. The userland counterpart spppcontrol(8) is also the +first program that utilizes the abovementioned SIOC[SG]IFGENERIC ioctl +commands. + 2. Supported Configurations --------------------------- |
