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authorpgoyette <pgoyette@NetBSD.org>2016-08-05 02:27:14 +0000
committerpgoyette <pgoyette@NetBSD.org>2016-08-05 02:27:14 +0000
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Add some info regarding ppp
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-/* $NetBSD: TODO.modules,v 1.2 2016/08/04 22:12:31 pgoyette Exp $ */
+/* $NetBSD: TODO.modules,v 1.3 2016/08/05 02:27:14 pgoyette Exp $ */
Some notes on the limitations of our current (as of 7.99.35) module
subsystem. This list was triggered by an Email exchange between
@@ -76,3 +76,13 @@ christos and pgoyette.
the module code adequately. Testing of module code should include
both testing-as-a-built-in module and testing-as-a-loaded-module, and
all dependencies need to be identified.
+
+10.Work is currently under way on creating a ppp module. Once this is
+ complete, it will require additional work to possibly auto-load the
+ compression routines. Until then, users would need to manually load
+ the ppp_deflate and ppp_bsdcompress modules.
+
+ Currently the compressors are separate modules which reside
+ on-top-of ppp, and which call back to ppp for "registration";
+ thus, ppp itself cannot list the compressors as dependencies.
+ See #1 above!