ppp0 not found when switched to 2.4 kernel

[Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>]

  I have compiled 2.4.1 kernel with ppp (async) support but here's what
I get when running pon:

Mar  8 11:13:43 azar modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module ppp0

  and pppd fails to connect. I can conect when using 2.2.18something so
ppp scripts are fine.

  here's the relevant part of /etc/modules.conf:

alias char-major-108    ppp_generic
alias /dev/ppp          ppp_generic
alias tty-ldisc-3       ppp_async
alias tty-ldisc-14      ppp_synctty
alias ppp-compress-21   bsd_comp
alias ppp-compress-24   ppp_deflate
alias ppp-compress-26   ppp_deflate

  and here's the list of ppp* modules:

/lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_generic.o
/lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_async.o
/lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/drivers/net/ppp_deflate.o

  there's no ppp.o but there's also no ppp.c under kernel sources
(unlike in 2.2.x kernels), I guess ppp_generic takes place of ppp? but
the modules.conf quote above is same as the one supplied in kernel
source tree under Documentation/Changes, should I add something like
alias ppp ppp_generic? I thought the first alias (char-major-108) would
take care of that.

  any ideas?  TIA

	erik