[pptp-server] MPPE died

[Tom Eastep]

On Friday 29 June 2001 04:53 pm, Justin Kreger wrote:
> the problem is, that it automaticly compiled in on the box......  and when
> I manually build the module, it was missing dependencies in the kernel.  I
> may try compleatly modularizing ppp.... the box is like a P3 700 so.... it
> should run ok with a modularized ppp stack... it only has three or four
> users at any given time.
>

Being a module or not has nothing to do with the user capacity or 
performance... 

Modules can be replaced dynamically (at a cost) while "compiled in" functions 
can only be replaced by rebuilding/rebooting. Modules aren't available at 
cold load (but initrd allows them to be made available early in cold load 
however).

Because it is much quicker and easier to test new versions of a module, most 
function providers test the modular version of their code much more fully 
that the inbuilt version.

-Tom 
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