Compiling ppp-2.4.1

As seen in the previous section, we need ppp for transferring data packets from one point to another point. An implemention of this protocol is the one, we compile in this section. Additionally, we need a patch for getting the source compiled.

But first, we need to download the appropriate source package:

Table 5.1: Source package, size and URL for ppp.

Package	Size	License	URL
ppp-2.4.1	524 KB	BSD/GPL	ftp://cs.anu.edu.au/pub/software/ppp/ppp-2.4.1.tar.gz

Next, fetch the needed patch (assuming your pwd points to $\sim$/Dreamcast/SRC):

$ wget http://www.tu-bs.de/~y0018536/dc/src/\
  ppp-2.4.1-uclibc-dreamcast.patch

The patch corrects some problems with the strip command. This program is used for removing some information needed for debugging a program. Since we need really small programs, we just remove such sections.

Now, we're ready to compile ppp-2.4.1:

$ cd ../BUILD
$ tar -xvzf ../SRC/ppp-2.4.1.tar.gz -C .
$ cd ppp-2.4.1
$ patch -p1 < ../../SRC/\
  ppp-2.4.1-uclibc-dreamcast.patch
$ ./configure
$ make CROSS=$UCLIBC/usr/bin/ all
$ su -c "make DESTDIR=/home/christian/Dreamcast/\
  INITRD install"
$ cd ../../SRC

If you really want to save space, you can delete the programs pppstats and pppdump from your initial ramdisk. Both programs are needed for debugging a connection or for billing information.