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- Lines: 125
- Date:
Thu Apr 13 22:45:43 2000
- Orig file:
v2.3.99-pre5/linux/Documentation/Changes
- Orig date:
Mon Mar 27 08:08:20 2000
diff -u --recursive --new-file v2.3.99-pre5/linux/Documentation/Changes linux/Documentation/Changes
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
- Bash 1.14.7 ; bash -version
- Ncpfs 2.2.0 ; ncpmount -v
- Pcmcia-cs 3.1.2 ; cardmgr -V
-- PPP 2.3.11 ; pppd --version
+- PPP 2.4.0b1 ; pppd --version
- Util-linux 2.9i ; chsh -v
- isdn4k-utils v3.1beta7 ; isdnctrl 2>&1|grep version
@@ -391,22 +391,33 @@
PPP
===
- Due to changes in the PPP driver and routing code, those of you
+ The PPP driver has been restructured to support multilink and
+to enable it to operate over diverse kinds of media. Those of you
using PPP networking will need to upgrade your pppd to at least
-version 2.3.11. See ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ for newest
-versions.
+version 2.4.0b1. See ftp://linuxcare.com.au/pub/ppp/ for the latest
+version.
- You must make sure that the special device file /dev/ppp exists.
-It can be made by executing this command as root:
+ If you are not using devfs, you must make sure that the special
+device file /dev/ppp exists. It can be made by executing this command
+as root:
mknod /dev/ppp c 108 0
If you have built ppp support as modules, you should put the lines
-below in your /etc/modules.conf file. I assume you want asynchronous
-ppp; replace ppp_async by ppp_synctty if you want synchronous ppp.
+below in your /etc/modules.conf file.
- alias char-major-108 ppp_generic
- alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
+ alias char-major-108 ppp_generic
+ alias /dev/ppp ppp_generic
+ alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
+ alias tty-ldisc-14 ppp_synctty
+ alias ppp-compress-21 bsd_comp
+ alias ppp-compress-24 ppp_deflate
+ alias ppp-compress-26 ppp_deflate
+
+If you are using devfsd and you have ppp_generic as a module, put the
+following line in your /etc/devfsd.conf:
+
+ LOOKUP ppp MODLOAD
iBCS
====
@@ -425,12 +436,6 @@
fuser, which comes with psmisc, reads /proc/*/fd/* to do its job.
Upgrade psmisc if 2.2 changes to /proc broke the version you're using.
-Tunelp
-======
-
- A new version of tunelp is available which will allow you to enable
-"trustirq" mode, improving printing while using IRQ-driven lp ports.
-
PCI utils
=========
@@ -525,6 +530,17 @@
you need to install the LVM tools. More information can be found at the home page
of the LVM project at http://linux.msede.com/lvm/.
+Inline Documentation
+====================
+Many of the functions available for modules to use are now documented
+with specially-formatted comments near their definitions. These
+comments can be combined with the SGML templates in the
+Documentation/DocBook directory to make DocBook files, which can then
+be combined with DocBook stylesheets to make PostScript documents,
+HTML pages, PDF files, and so on. In order to convert from DocBook
+format to a format of your choice, you'll need to install jade, as
+well as some stylesheets.
+
Where to get the files
**********************
@@ -718,8 +734,8 @@
PPP
===
-The 2.3.11 release:
-ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ppp-2.3.11.tar.gz
+The 2.4.0b1 release:
+ftp://linuxcare.com.au/pub/ppp/ppp-2.4.0b1.tar.gz
IP Chains
=========
@@ -775,12 +791,6 @@
http://linux.powertweak.com/files/powertweak-0.1.2.tgz
ftp://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/pub/linux/pci/powertweak/powertweak-0.1.2.tgz
-Tunelp
-======
-
-The 0-2.1.131 release:
-ftp://e-mind.com/pub/linux/tunelp/tunelp-0-2.1.131.tar.gz
-
Xosview
=======
@@ -817,6 +827,17 @@
The 0.7 release:
ftp://linux.msede.com/lvm/v0.7/lvm_0.7.tar.gz
+
+Jade
+====
+
+The 1.2.1 release:
+ftp://ftp.jclark.com/pub/jade/jade-1.2.1.tar.gz
+
+DSSSL Stylesheets for the DocBook DTD
+=====================================
+
+http://nwalsh.com/docbook/dsssl/
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