In-kernel PPPoE

[Julian Elischer]

On 12/5/10 9:30 AM, Bernd Walter wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 05, 2010 at 12:14:21PM -0500, Pierre Lamy wrote:
>> Just curious about why the in-kernel PPPoE interface was never ported
>> from NetBSD or OpenBSD, to FreeBSD. Does anyone know why?
> Maybe because everyone who cares about in-kernel uses the FreeBSD
> in-kernel ng_pppoe via mpd?
>
>>  From using it for a long time in OpenBSD I always found it quite stable
>> and easy to use.
> The same is true with mpd/ng_pppoe.
while I like mpd, I should point out that the regular 'in source' ppp 
that comes with
freebsd also uses the in-kernel netgraph pppoe module.   I use it 24 x 
7 on my gateway
as I never got around to installing mpd and it "did the job".