Re: linux /dev/ppp question

On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, David Gurevich wrote:

> Does anyone know why the 2.2.x linux kernel does not require the creation of
> the /dev/ppp and the "new driver" in the 2.4.x kernel does? I read the
> documentation and looked at the pppd source, but that did not make it any
> clearer.

The kernel driver was completely rewritten for 2.4
 However what the detailed reasons for the different hook into the
 kernel driver I do not know.

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