On Tue, 24 May 2005 13:04, Randy Bush wrote: > >>>> could someone explain why kernel ppp is needed at all? > >>> > >>> It's needed if you want to use it, of course :) > >> > >> the context is palm usb support > > > > Seems odd you would _need_ kernel PPP support for that.. > > seemed odd to me too. but take a look back up the thread, or > just at the reffed site, > > http://www.thedotin.net/maillists/coldsync-hackers/msg01954.html
Hmm it says to run /usr/bin/ppp out of usbd which is userland PPP.. You don't need ppp in the kernel for that, only if you are using pppd. The instrucions there look pretty identical for what you have to do to get a Pocket PC talking too :) -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C
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