From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gustavo Zacarias Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:47:42 -0300 Subject: [Buildroot] Deprecate rp-pppoe package In-Reply-To: <1278436093.12234.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1278436093.12234.11.camel@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: <4C45EF4E.1000501@zacarias.com.ar> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net On 07/06/2010 02:08 PM, Darcy L. Watkins wrote: > Hello, > > Before you remove the rp-pppoe package from buildroot, I have a > question. Does the pppoe plugin for pppd include the access > concentrator (AC) support in it as well? > > I ask this because most people only care about the client side and don't > think much about the server side you connect it to. > > A while back, I cross compiled the AC functionality of rp-pppoe on > powerpc, added a freeradius client and demo'd a simple embedded AC on an > AMCC Taihu involving, a private LAN, freeradius running on a server > machine and a windows PC running its PPPoE client. I was able to > advertise numerous "services" from the Taihu and have the PC be able to > select and connect to them using PPPoE sessions. > > Regards, > > Darcy Hi. Hmm we might keep rp-pppoe for server-side functionality. Do you feel like migrating the package to the latest infrastructure and updating to the latest version? Regards.