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authorJoerg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1997-10-11 18:41:12 +0000
committerJoerg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org>1997-10-11 18:41:12 +0000
commit964a4c2866120399e597a610db1f59ba25da04d0 (patch)
tree1331d63bfeb15ea61c7a43a12aa89166d409b61c /release
parent19d4b75dfe85435c43b05ef496558c5aa88780cb (diff)
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diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp
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+++ b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp
@@ -213,6 +213,14 @@ network interface driver. This is for example necesseray for PPP
drivers to communicate things like CHAP names and secrets, or variable
options between the driver and a userland utility.
+sppp(4) has been improved a fair bit since FreeBSD 2.2.X. It now
+employs a full-fledged PPP state machine, offers a lot more of LCP and
+IPCP negotiation, making it ready for dial-on-demand connections (like
+those that are often running over ISDN). It also offers PAP or CHAP
+authentication. The userland counterpart spppcontrol(8) is also the
+first program that utilizes the abovementioned SIOC[SG]IFGENERIC ioctl
+commands.
+
2. Supported Configurations
---------------------------