[RP-PPPoE] High load + kernel mode

[Balint Cristian]

> Hello,
>
> Many for your responses, I really appreciate.
>
> As for going kernel-mode pppoe, should I only rebuild the RPM (based
> on http://www.roaringpenguin.com/files/download/rp-pppoe-3.10.tar.gz)
> to include the /etc/ppp/plugins/rp-pppoe.so module and then, modify
> the init script to launch pppoe-server using the -k argument?

Exactly.
 - If starting with -k gives you a warn like "unknown option" than
you did something wrong.

>
> Are there any other precaution to take?

zero.

>
> Since I'm running this in production right now, I do want to minimize
> the downtime for my users. I also want to be safe and go back to
> non-kernel-mode pppoe in case of any issues.

You could build custom .rpm out of src.rpm and update tham, and just
reload pppoe-server. Your downtime than should be insignifiant.


> Many thanks in advance and best regards,