kernel land ppp makes mage fault

Gleb Smirnoff glebius at FreeBSD.org
Tue Nov 15 12:46:46 PST 2005


On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 09:38:16AM +0200, Anatoli Marinov wrote:
A> I try to use pptp (pptpclient) and ppp connection to my ISP with FreeBSD 
A> 6-STABLE. 
A> If I compile pptp from ports after installation it works in user land and 
A> consume 50-60% from my CPU time (for 200 KB/sec). 
A> Before 6-STABLE with 6-TESTx and RCx my pptp, compiled to use kernel level ppp 
A> works great, but with 6-STABLE after 5 to 10 minutes I have page fault and 
A> reboot.
A> pptpclient from ports by default compiles to work with user land ppp but with 
A> simple changes in Makefile I compile it to work with kernel level ppp. 
A> 
A> Would you help me how can I use pptp with kernel level ppp and FreeBSD 
A> 6-STABLE?

Use ports/net/mpd. It is a userland daemon, that configures in-kernel
PPP (including PPTP).

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