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@@ -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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