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Re: ppp slow on home build kernel



 --- Martijn Brouwer <e.a.m.brouwer@tnw.utwente.nl>
wrote: > I have a laptop that has a 56k6 pcmcia modem
and
> runs debian testing. PPP does work, but when I use
> an 2.4.22 kernel that I compiled myself, the
> connection is very slow: only 1.5 kbyte/s for a
> compressed file. If I use a standard 2.4.22 debian
> kernel, I get 3.5 kbyte/s, which is still somewhat
> slow.
> 
> I compiled the following kernel options as modules:
> CONFIG_PPP, CONFIG_PPP_ASYNC, CONFIG_PPP_DEFLATE en
> CONFIG_PPP_BSDCOMP. When I dial in with me new
> kernel, the following modules are loaded:
> 
> ppp_deflate             3544   0  (autoclean)
> zlib_inflate           18564   0  (autoclean)
> [ppp_deflate]
> zlib_deflate           18648   0  (autoclean)
> [ppp_deflate]
> bsd_comp                4376   0  (autoclean)
> ppp_async               7744   1  (autoclean)
> ppp_generic            16484   3  (autoclean)
> [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async]
> slhc                    5248   1  (autoclean)
> [ppp_generic]
> serial_cs               5300   0  (unused)
> ds                      7028   2  [serial_cs]
> yenta_socket           10848   2 
> pcmcia_core            41280   0  [serial_cs ds
> yenta_socket]
> 
> If I use the standard debian kernel, zlib_inflate is
> not loaded, but I do not think one extra module will
> hurt. My ppp options file looks like this:
> 
> asyncmap 0
> auth
> crtscts
> lock
> hide-password
> modem
> debug
> proxyarp
> lcp-echo-interval 30
> lcp-echo-failure 4
> noipx
> 
> An extra deflate 15,12 option makes no difference.
> Here is finally my ppp log file:
> 
> Nov  6 20:32:02 kastanje pppd[541]: kernel does not
> support PPP filtering
> Nov  6 20:32:02 kastanje kernel: PPP BSD Compression
> module registered
> Nov  6 20:32:02 kastanje kernel: PPP Deflate
> Compression module registered
> Nov  6 20:32:02 kastanje pppd[541]: sent [CCP
> ConfReq id=0x1 <deflate 15> <deflate(old#) 15> <bsd
> v1 15>]
> Nov  6 20:32:02 kastanje pppd[541]: sent [IPCP
> ConfReq id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr 0.0.0.0>
> <ms-dns1 0.0.0.0> <ms-dns3 0.0.0.0>]
> Nov  6 20:32:02 kastanje pppd[541]: rcvd [IPCP
> ConfReq id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 00> <addr
> 62.21.128.29>]
> Nov  6 20:32:02 kastanje pppd[541]: sent [IPCP
> ConfAck id=0x1 <compress VJ 0f 00> <addr
> 62.21.128.29>]
> Nov  6 20:32:03 kastanje pppd[541]: rcvd [LCP
> ProtRej id=0x1 80 fd 01 01 00 0f 1a 04 78 00 18 04
> 78 00 15 03 2f]
> Nov  6 20:32:03 kastanje pppd[541]: rcvd [IPCP
> ConfNak id=0x1 <addr 62.21.161.65> <ms-dns1
> 213.218.75.90> <ms-dns3 213.218.75.91>]
> Nov  6 20:32:03 kastanje pppd[541]: sent [IPCP
> ConfReq id=0x2 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr
> 62.21.161.65> <ms-dns1 213.218.75.90> <ms-dns3
> 213.218.75.91>]
> Nov  6 20:32:03 kastanje pppd[541]: rcvd [IPCP
> ConfAck id=0x2 <compress VJ 0f 01> <addr
> 62.21.161.65> <ms-dns1 213.218.75.90> <ms-dns3
> 213.218.75.91>]
> 
> >From line 4 I conclude that pppd does trie to
> negotiate deflate compression, but in the aswers I
> don't see anything about deflate.
> When I remove the bsd_comp and/or zlib_inflate
> modules the download speed is not affected, so the
> are proably not used even though the are loaded.
> I hope somebody can help me with this tough problem:
> it took me already two evenings.
> 
> Martijn Brouwer

Did you ever get this fixed?
I came across a similar issue upgrading to a
customized 2.4.22 on a laptop with a PCMCIA modem.
The problem was fixed by recompiling with CONFIG_ISA=y
added back in - not quite sure why this worked, but it
did; I only decided that this was the the most likely
option by comparing a number of versions of the kernel
I'd built...

Hope this helps....

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Simon Tod
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