From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from out-182.mta1.migadu.com (out-182.mta1.migadu.com [95.215.58.182]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 91DA9242D70 for ; Thu, 2 Apr 2026 05:02:07 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=95.215.58.182 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775106133; cv=none; b=Hr6Jr9vS/T4xm1jnZFK51GyI2ZPLtCWnkkuqqyIJQHEShZRCFf9+b73MRuJ/bgLS0iX99D9MOC0ojrMNQLP9ABJGqgsqOIft202/LlCof7HLq0NLj/gg4a2S60G8KXiONstNE5hsrmohyaz6xTjaoaUm6WdZpUo4+tl3GkRDzBU= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1775106133; c=relaxed/simple; bh=kaIriRj9Y96gVgW0M11CaZWr9mXieT69sbGTACNa2Kg=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version; b=EIIZWorwsl2+/1TOGdUKP0O/ddhhEPepnD2KYAw+mZ6gD45iH9lUCFhbjbZuVsNDxcI//hgWgyGkKM5AnOlPcsYFCq1TwVdUUPOgnxZ1cnaPgqLRKGOo5CMhYxxYG/RK24QPgvNXHsYGiwt5uPG3jTlV96fnEUwPukzjnJ+BTNo= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.dev; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.dev; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux.dev header.i=@linux.dev header.b=Qlpe3Re6; arc=none smtp.client-ip=95.215.58.182 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=linux.dev Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linux.dev Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=linux.dev header.i=@linux.dev header.b="Qlpe3Re6" X-Report-Abuse: Please report any abuse attempt to abuse@migadu.com and include these headers. DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=linux.dev; s=key1; t=1775106115; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding; bh=GVUkhJyGAtL71Hz+teyMzQ1MPLUD8PLTuR8Ajua73K8=; b=Qlpe3Re6gnDb63O5DY4YR+3DocRmh/nSMOG+THwa4f+b4GuhE/3nmDqLLtcDHaYPxXKyXS AaI39Xyuslfqmby0TtwNm1NbuPjWkne5L4wTr5K6Zj/JBHTtMdYB822+SS1e6R/FzNf7uJ 7byaUgp47amZV9jNdlLvke3u7eEI8O0= From: Qingfang Deng To: linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Lunn , "David S. Miller" , Eric Dumazet , Jakub Kicinski , Paolo Abeni , Qingfang Deng , Julian Braha , Eric Biggers , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Paul Mackerras , Dianne Skoll , Jaco Kroon , James Carlson Subject: [PATCH net-next v2] ppp: update Kconfig help message Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2026 13:00:50 +0800 Message-ID: <20260402050053.144250-1-qingfang.deng@linux.dev> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_OUT Both links of the PPPoE section are no longer valid, and the CVS version is no longer relevant. - Replace the TLDP URL with the pppd project homepage. - Update pppd version requirement for PPPoE. - Update RP-PPPoE project homepage, and clarify that it's only needed for server mode. Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng --- v2: - replace TLDP URL with pppd homepage - update pppd version requirement - document that rp-pppoe is only required for server https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20260331033303.5664-1-dqfext@gmail.com/ drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig | 16 +++++++--------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig index f57fba84fe55..753354b4e36c 100644 --- a/drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig @@ -13,10 +13,9 @@ config PPP otherwise you can't use it; most Internet access providers these days support PPP rather than SLIP. - To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd as described - in the PPP-HOWTO, available at - . Make sure that you have - the version of pppd recommended in . + To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd, available at + . Make sure that you have the version of pppd + recommended in . The PPP option enlarges your kernel by about 16 KB. There are actually two versions of PPP: the traditional PPP for @@ -116,11 +115,10 @@ 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"). + 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 + . choice prompt "Number of PPPoE hash bits" -- 2.43.0