Bug 841194

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brief description of the Decision

wget http://www.roaringpenguin.com/files/download/rp-pppoe-3.11.tar.gz
tar zxvf rp-pppoe-3.11.tar.gz
cd rp-pppoe-3.11/src
edit pppoe-server.c
Add line;
define HAVE_LINUX_KERNEL_PPPOE 1

./configure

make && make install

(In reply to rgrigorov from comment #3)
> brief description of the Decision
> 
> wget http://www.roaringpenguin.com/files/download/rp-pppoe-3.11.tar.gz
> tar zxvf rp-pppoe-3.11.tar.gz
> cd rp-pppoe-3.11/src
> edit pppoe-server.c
> Add line;
> define HAVE_LINUX_KERNEL_PPPOE 1
> 
> ./configure
> 
> make && make install

@Tomas Pelka, in response to an email:

The rp-pppoe rpm does not need to provide any modules for other components.  The kernel rpm provides the required kernel modules, and the ppp rpm contains the rp-pppoe.so module.

But yes, it should be --enable-plugin, not -enable-plugin.

Now I'm finally able to start pppoe-server with -k option but kernelo modules are still not loaded.

So it seems (base on http://darmawan-salihun.blogspot.cz/2008/12/setting-up-basic-pppoe-server-in-linux.html, thanks Than) that module are not supposed to load automatically they need to be loaded before pppoe server is actually loaded.

But now I was able to start pppeo-server with parameter -k, it should be now build with kernel module support.

Robert as I don't have your particular setup would you please check the fixed package? If you agree we will find a way how to deliver rpm's for you.

Also I'm going to request documentation for the need to load modules manually.

In our setup, all required kernel modules are automatically loaded, no need to load them manually.

In earlier versions of RHEL we had to add "alias net-pf-24 pppoe" to /etc/modules.conf to achieve this, but the current RHEL-6 has this in /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/modules.alias by default.

In my tests back in 2012, before reporting this bug, pppoe-server did start even with option -k, despite the lacking kernel support.  The only thing that reliably indicates that kernel mode is used by pppoe-server is the absence of pppoe subprocesses of pppoe-server, as noted in my initial report.

But I don't remember anymore if the first subprocess got started when pppoe-server was started, or when a pppoe client did connect.  So please try to connect with a client, to be sure.  When multiple clients are connected, you'd definitely have multiple pppoe subprocesses when not using kernel mode.

I cannot promise that I have the time and the resources to actually test your new rpm's in the next days or weeks.  If you cannot test with a client connection for some reason, then get in touch with me, and I'll see what I can do.

as i know the first subprocess got started when a pppoe client did connect. You will see the loading rp-pppoe.so in /var/log/messages when you enable debug in /etc/ppp/pppoe-server-options

OK so modules were loaded manually (it is the same as if you add config to /etc/modules.conf), pppoe-server process is started but no other processes are spawned when client connect.

I guess this is fine so moving to verified.

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-0923.html