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Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Eric Biggers , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Paul Mackerras , Dianne Skoll , James Carlson Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] pppoe: update Kconfig URLs Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 15:54:04 +0800 Message-ID: <20260331075438.290119-1-dqfext@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.43.0 In-Reply-To: <0aa6aa20-0e2a-48e9-8273-53b2fecd287b@uls.co.za> References: <20260331033303.5664-1-dqfext@gmail.com> <0aa6aa20-0e2a-48e9-8273-53b2fecd287b@uls.co.za> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Hi, On Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:21:40 +0200, Jaco Kroon wrote: > > On 2026/03/31 05:33, Qingfang Deng wrote: > > > > --- a/drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig > > +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig > > @@ -122,11 +122,10 @@ config PPPOE > > help > > Support for PPP over Ethernet. > > > > - This driver requires the latest version of pppd from the CVS > > - repository at cvs.samba.org. Alternatively, see the > > - RoaringPenguin package () > > - which contains instruction on how to use this driver (under > > - the heading "Kernel mode PPPoE"). > > + This driver requires the latest version of pppd at > > + . > > + Alternatively, see the out-of-tree RP-PPPoE plugin at > > + . > > ppp now exclusively has the plugin code (originally from roaring penguin > I believe).  Latest version is no longer relevant, that plugin has been > available since at least a few versions back already (at least a decade, > probably closer to two). > > That same code has recently been dropped from rp-pppoe, which now > primarily focusses on pppoe-server, and relies on the plugin now part of > ppp package itself. rp-pppoe is only required if you're running a > pppoe-server, and I don't think rp-pppoe at this stage will function > without ppp. > > Most people will never need rp-pppoe. Thanks for the information. I just checked pppd's changelog: version 2.4.2 or later has the PPPoE plugin. I can update the help message accordingly: To work in client mode, pppd version 2.4.2 or later is required. To work in server mode, the pppoe-server command from the RP-PPPoE package is also required, available at . What do you think?