Re: upgrading pppd to 2.3.10 (kernel reports 2.3.7)

[Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>]

On Sun, Oct 03, 1999 at 05:41:17PM -0400, Arcady Genkin wrote:
> Hi all:
> 
> I've compiled and installed pppd-2.3.10. Before that I had 2.3.5, that
> came with Slink, but I uninstalled it.
> 
> Why do I see the following in my logs:
> 
> Oct  3 17:34:32 main kernel: CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California 
> Oct  3 17:34:32 main kernel: PPP: version 2.3.7 (demand dialling) 
> Oct  3 17:34:32 main kernel: PPP line discipline registered. 
> Oct  3 17:34:32 main kernel: Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled 
> Oct  3 17:34:32 main kernel: ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A 
> Oct  3 17:34:32 main kernel: ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A 
> Oct  3 17:34:32 main kernel: ttyS02 at 0x03e8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A 
> Oct  3 17:34:32 main kernel: registered device ppp0 
> Oct  3 17:34:32 main pppd[554]: pppd 2.3.10 started by root, uid 0
> Oct  3 17:34:32 main pppd[554]: Using interface ppp0
> Oct  3 17:34:32 main pppd[554]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyp3
> 
> 2.3.7 was never installed on my system.

Notice those are kernel comments. You kernel has 2.3.7 internally.

Ben