building including ppp / pppd support

DEF. · 05-28-2009, 10:28 AM

I have an embedded ARM lInux target and I need to use ppp for use with a USB modem.

1) I have read that I need to include ppp support in the kernel; while I have enabled this I am still not sure why it is needed?

2) Where are the official sources for ppp / pppd and how do I configure them for building?

DEF. · 05-28-2009, 10:36 AM

Ok found source at ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/

Of course I need to run ./configure then make, but this wont configure it for my target. How do I do this?

DEF. · 05-28-2009, 12:36 PM

OK got it compiling ok. Just as follows:

./configure
export CC=<path of tool-chain gcc>
make

Now how to install on pppd target?

Also where is the ppp executable?