----- Original Message ----- From: "Ramakrishnan M" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "James Franklin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "debian-hurd" <debian-hurd@lists.debian.org>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 9:02 PM Subject: Re: State of ppp
> James Franklin wrote: > > > > http://kt.linuxcare.com/debian-hurd/dh20000816_57.epl#2 > > After going through the messages some obvious questions are popping up in my > mind. > > 1. There was a reference to a patch (by Thomas Bushnell) to pfinet to counter > its current limitation of handling only one interface (i.e ethernet + > loopback). Is this patch integrated into the main source code? If not, where is > the patch? Why was it not integrated into the mainstream? it probablly is integrated into the mainstream, check bug-hurd archives for around that time frame. > > 2. I found that a hell lot of discussions on "HOwto do it" has happened in this > list, without any logical conclusion. I do not claim to understand each and > every method suggested. Why is it so difficult to fix up a way to implement it? this makes it very simple, choose an approach and implement it. > > I think once we fix the way to go, rest of the job will be smooth. > > Without PPP, I don't think, individuals (particularly in Asia), will be able to > try out GNU/Hurd, and hence the development and usage will suffer. Without PPP, > GNU/Hurd will remain a research OS for ever. PPP is an imeediate necessity and > we need to act fast to make it happen. > good luck and have fun Jim
