From 22c7d4699b4aaaa4d8512dd841564ac1606c0556 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Sommerseth Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:00:57 +0200 Subject: Remove support for Linux 2.2 configuration fallback When configuring OpenVPN nowadays, the TUN/TAP configuration can sometimes jump into the Linux 2.2 fallback code paths, which will also fails. The reason it jumps into fallback mode is that the tun/tap device already exists or that /dev/net/tun does not exist. This can be very confusing, as /dev/tunX which the fallback mode tries to use, does not exist on Linux 2.4 and newer. Considering that the last Linux 2.2 update was released 25-Feb-2004 and the first Linux 2.4 release came 04-Jan-2001, there are no reasonable reasons to help users to stay on outdated kernels. I consider this extra code path just waste of bytes ... so lets make the world simpler. Signed-off-by: David Sommerseth Acked-by: Gert Doering (cherry picked from commit ce637abdafdc19547fc97192033a4d1703ecaf23) --- openvpn.8 | 10 +--------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'openvpn.8') diff --git a/openvpn.8 b/openvpn.8 index 428233f..67a9779 100644 --- a/openvpn.8 +++ b/openvpn.8 @@ -5603,11 +5603,6 @@ Make device: Load driver: .B modprobe tun - -If you have Linux 2.2 or earlier, you should obtain version 1.1 of the -TUN/TAP driver from -.I http://vtun.sourceforge.net/tun/ -and follow the installation instructions. .\"********************************************************* .SH EXAMPLES Prior to running these examples, you should have OpenVPN installed on two @@ -5628,10 +5623,7 @@ If you installed from RPM, the .B mknod step may be omitted, because the RPM install does that for you. -If you have Linux 2.2, you should obtain version 1.1 of the -TUN/TAP driver from -.I http://vtun.sourceforge.net/tun/ -and follow the installation instructions. +Only Linux 2.4 and newer are supported. For other platforms, consult the INSTALL file at .I http://openvpn.net/install.html -- cgit v1.2.3