[Hey, is there a better place for me to whinge about this than here?
I'd hate to bother people too unnecessarily ;-)]

Apparently this is not port-specific, so one other told me...

Our story thus far:

	- Kernel from 23 November 1998 works with ppp, but has neither
	  PPP_BSDCOMP nor PPP_DEFLATE compiled in.  No compression, which
	  is explaining the "CCP nak/rej" messages I've been having for
	  a while.

	- Either EGCS or the kernel is not addressing PPP correctly,
	  as I have done:
	  	rm -fr /sys/arch/sparc/compile/STARWOLF
		config STARWOLF
		cd ../compile/STARWOLF
		make depend && make

	  and pppd is no longer even making connections with a -current
	  kernel.  Messages are at the end of this letter.

	- I grabbed the 19990103 snapshot hoping that this would cure
	  all the ills, but not so.  Maybe with the GENERIC kernel it
	  would work, but I'd like to rebuild my kernel and have it
	  work.

	- I am _not_ a networking/communications guru.

Here's the messages, in two parts:

	1.  What pppd thinks is happening [/^pppd:/]
	2.  What the kernel thinks is happening [/^kern:/]
	[again, don't let kernel: throw you.]

pppd:

Jan 10 10:07:45 starwolf pppd[96]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0
Jan 10 10:07:46 starwolf pppd[96]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 10 10:07:46 starwolf pppd[96]: local  IP address 209.157.73.91
Jan 10 10:07:46 starwolf pppd[96]: remote IP address 209.157.64.97
Jan 10 10:07:48 starwolf pppd[96]: Starting link
Jan 10 10:08:09 starwolf pppd[96]: Serial connection established.
Jan 10 10:08:10 starwolf pppd[96]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttya
Jan 10 10:08:11 starwolf pppd[96]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <mru 296> <magic 0xf329e889> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Jan 10 10:08:11 starwolf pppd[96]: Modem hangup
Jan 10 10:08:11 starwolf pppd[96]: Connection terminated.
Jan 10 10:08:16 starwolf pppd[96]: Starting link
Jan 10 10:08:37 starwolf pppd[96]: Serial connection established.
Jan 10 10:08:38 starwolf pppd[96]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttya
Jan 10 10:08:38 starwolf pppd[96]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x2 <mru 296> <magic 0x379dec2a> <pcomp> <accomp>]
Jan 10 10:08:38 starwolf pppd[96]: Modem hangup
Jan 10 10:08:38 starwolf pppd[96]: Connection terminated.
Jan 10 10:08:44 starwolf pppd[96]: Starting link
...etc., ad nauseum.

kern:
Jan 10 10:27:15 starwolf pppd[390]: pppd 2.3.5 started by root, uid 0
Jan 10 10:27:15 starwolf pppd[390]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 10 10:27:15 starwolf pppd[390]: local  IP address 209.157.73.91
Jan 10 10:27:15 starwolf pppd[390]: remote IP address 209.157.64.97
Jan 10 10:27:16 starwolf kernel: ppp0 output: ff0300214500002d01e60000401197ebd19d495bc00505f1fffe003500192903f294000000010000000000000000020001 
Jan 10 10:27:16 starwolf pppd[390]: Starting link
Jan 10 10:27:24 starwolf kernel: ppp0 output: ff0300214500002d01e700004011b70ad19d495bc0cbe60afffe003500194823f294000000010000000000000000020001 
Jan 10 10:27:32 starwolf kernel: ppp0 output: ff0300214500002d01e80000401199b2d19d495bc021040cfffe003500192accf294000000010000000000000000020001 
Jan 10 10:27:37 starwolf pppd[390]: Serial connection established.
Jan 10 10:27:38 starwolf pppd[390]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttya
Jan 10 10:27:38 starwolf pppd[390]: Modem hangup
Jan 10 10:27:38 starwolf pppd[390]: Connection terminated.
Jan 10 10:27:40 starwolf kernel: ppp0 output: ff0300214500002d01e900004011d37cd19d495b80080a5afffe003500196497f294000000010000000000000000020001 


				--*greywolf;
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