[elrepo] Changes in kernel-lt: enable l2tp driver as module

Alex Domoradov alex.hha at gmail.com
Sun Dec 22 11:44:23 EST 2013


Hello Alan,

at the moment we need only pptp/l2tp (for VPN server). So I think
there is no need to enable L2TP_DEBUGFS.

On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Alan Bartlett <ajb at elrepo.org> wrote:
> On 22 December 2013 16:07, Alex Domoradov <alex.hha at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Is it possible to enable l2tp driver by default in kernel-lt? As for
>> now it's turned off
>>
>> # cat /boot/config-3.10.25-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64 | grep -i l2tp
>> # CONFIG_L2TP is not set
>>
>> But at the same time pptp is turned on
>>
>> [root at perflect log]# cat /boot/config-3.10.25-1.el6.elrepo.x86_64 | grep -i pptp
>> CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_PPTP=m
>> CONFIG_NF_NAT_PPTP=m
>> CONFIG_PPTP=m
>>
>> It's very uncomfortable to build every time new kernel only for the
>> one driver. As I understand all you need is to add the following 4
>> lines to the config-3.10.25-$ARCH
>>
>> CONFIG_L2TP=m
>> CONFIG_L2TP_DEBUGFS=m
>> CONFIG_PPPOL2TP=m
>> # CONFIG_L2TP_V3 is not set
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>
>
> Hello Alex,
>
> At a quick glance, it seems that your proposed configuration
> adjustment is perfectly feasible.
>
> Just one query. Do you actually make use of the relevant DEBUGFS ? It
> is our normal procedure not to enable DEBUGFS throughout the
> configuration, so as to minimise the physical size of the kernel.
>
> On your behalf, I have opened an RFE in the bugtracker [1].
>
> All being well, this configuration adjustment will be implemented with
> the next update to the kernel-lt package.
>
> Alan.
>
> [1] http://elrepo.org/bugs/view.php?id=443
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