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ppp: update Kconfig help message

Both links of the PPPoE section are no longer valid, and the CVS version
is no longer relevant.

- Replace the TLDP URL with the pppd project homepage.
- Update pppd version requirement for PPPoE.
- Update RP-PPPoE project homepage, and clarify that it's only needed
for server mode.

Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <qingfang.deng@linux.dev>
Reviewed-by: Julian Braha <julianbraha@gmail.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260402050053.144250-1-qingfang.deng@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>

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Qingfang Deng and committed by
Jakub Kicinski 779fae61 1666d945

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drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig
··· 13 13 otherwise you can't use it; most Internet access providers these 14 14 days support PPP rather than SLIP. 15 15 16 - To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd as described 17 - in the PPP-HOWTO, available at 18 - <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Make sure that you have 19 - the version of pppd recommended in <file:Documentation/Changes>. 16 + To use PPP, you need an additional program called pppd, available at 17 + <https://ppp.samba.org>. Make sure that you have the version of pppd 18 + recommended in <file:Documentation/Changes>. 20 19 The PPP option enlarges your kernel by about 16 KB. 21 20 22 21 There are actually two versions of PPP: the traditional PPP for ··· 115 116 help 116 117 Support for PPP over Ethernet. 117 118 118 - This driver requires the latest version of pppd from the CVS 119 - repository at cvs.samba.org. Alternatively, see the 120 - RoaringPenguin package (<http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe>) 121 - which contains instruction on how to use this driver (under 122 - the heading "Kernel mode PPPoE"). 119 + To work in client mode, pppd version 2.4.2 or later is required. 120 + To work in server mode, the pppoe-server command from the RP-PPPoE 121 + package is also required, available at 122 + <https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/rp-pppoe/>. 123 123 124 124 choice 125 125 prompt "Number of PPPoE hash bits"