Subject: Re: ppp on NetBSD/Alpha?
To: Chris G Demetriou <UX2.SP.CS.CMU.EDU!Chris_G_Demetriou@melb.werple.net.au>
From: John Birrell <cimaxp1!jb@melb.werple.net.au>
List: port-alpha
Date: 05/27/1996 07:37:29
>
> > I guess I have to assume that unless someone says "it works for me", then
> > it *doesn't* work for any of us (and then we'd better find out why not 8-).
>
> Yeah. I'd not be surprised if PPP contains some 32- v. 64-bit bugs,
> though a quick inspection of the code makes it looks like the author
> tried to do the Right Thing...
>
> Has PPP ever worked for you folks, e.g. before the demand-dial support
> was added? the demand-dial support uses packet filter functionality
> (actually, it appears to have duplicated a bunch of the packet filter
> code in various places), and right now the user-land packet filter
> code is ... way broken.
Last week was the first time I tried ppp on NetBSD/Alpha.
>
>
> chris
>
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