diff -uN ppp-2.4.1b2.WORKING/pppd/framepipe.c /usr/src/ppp-2.4.1b2/pppd/framepipe.c
--- ppp-2.4.1b2.WORKING/pppd/framepipe.c	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/src/ppp-2.4.1b2/pppd/framepipe.c	2007-04-22 13:22:11.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#include "framepipe.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+int framepipe_read(const int fd, void **buff) {
+  int n;
+  int len;
+  int pos;
+  char *p = *buff;
+
+  pos = 0;
+  do {
+    n = read(fd, &((char *)&len)[pos], sizeof(len)-pos);
+
+    if (n < 0) 
+      return n;
+    
+
+    pos += n;
+  } while (pos<sizeof(len));
+
+  *buff = p = realloc(p, len);
+
+  pos = 0;
+  while (pos < len) { 
+    n = read(fd, &p[pos], len-pos);
+
+    if (n < 0)
+      return n-1;
+
+    pos += n;
+  }
+
+  return len;
+}
+
+int framepipe_write(const int fd, const void *buff, const int len) {
+  int n;
+  int pos;
+  const char *p = buff;
+
+  pos = 0;
+  do {
+    n = write(fd, &((char *)&len)[pos], sizeof(len)-pos);
+
+    if (n < 0)
+      return n;
+
+    pos += n;
+  } while (pos<sizeof(len));
+
+  pos = 0;
+  while (pos < len) { 
+    n = write(fd, &p[pos], len-pos);
+
+    if (n < 0)
+      return n;
+
+    pos += n;
+  }
+
+  return len;
+}
diff -uN ppp-2.4.1b2.WORKING/pppd/framepipe.h /usr/src/ppp-2.4.1b2/pppd/framepipe.h
--- ppp-2.4.1b2.WORKING/pppd/framepipe.h	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
+++ /usr/src/ppp-2.4.1b2/pppd/framepipe.h	2007-04-19 16:27:02.000000000 +0200
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef	_FRAMEPIPE_H
+#define	_FRAMEPIPE_H	1
+
+int framepipe_write(const int fd, const void *buff, const int len);
+int framepipe_read(const int fd, void **buff);
+
+#endif /* framepipe.h  */
diff -uN ppp-2.4.1b2.WORKING/pppd/main.c /usr/src/ppp-2.4.1b2/pppd/main.c
--- ppp-2.4.1b2.WORKING/pppd/main.c	2004-07-28 22:52:49.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/src/ppp-2.4.1b2/pppd/main.c	2007-04-20 18:16:52.000000000 +0200
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@
     len = read_packet(inpacket_buf);
     if (len < 0)
 	return;
-
+	
     if (len == 0) {
 	notice("Modem hangup");
 	hungup = 1;
diff -uN ppp-2.4.1b2.WORKING/pppd/Makefile /usr/src/ppp-2.4.1b2/pppd/Makefile
--- ppp-2.4.1b2.WORKING/pppd/Makefile	2004-07-28 22:52:49.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/src/ppp-2.4.1b2/pppd/Makefile	2007-04-19 12:43:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 
 PPPDSRCS = main.c magic.c fsm.c lcp.c ipcp.c upap.c chap.c md5.c ccp.c \
 	   ipxcp.c auth.c options.c sys-linux.c md4.c chap_ms.c cbcp.c \
-	   demand.c utils.c multilink.c tdb.c tty.c
+	   demand.c utils.c multilink.c tdb.c tty.c framepipe.c
 HEADERS =  callout.h pathnames.h patchlevel.h chap.h md5.h chap_ms.h md4.h \
 	   ipxcp.h cbcp.h tdb.h
 MANPAGES = pppd.8
 PPPDOBJS = main.o magic.o fsm.o lcp.o ipcp.o upap.o chap.o md5.o ccp.o \
 	   auth.o options.o demand.o utils.o sys-linux.o ipxcp.o multilink.o \
-	   tdb.o tty.o
+	   tdb.o tty.o framepipe.o
 
 all: pppd
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 # CC = gcc
 #
-COPTS = -O2 -pipe -Wall -g
+COPTS = -O2 -pipe -Wall -ggdb
 LIBS =
 
 ifneq ($(wildcard /usr/lib/libcrypt.*),)
diff -uN ppp-2.4.1b2.WORKING/pppd/Makefile.linux /usr/src/ppp-2.4.1b2/pppd/Makefile.linux
--- ppp-2.4.1b2.WORKING/pppd/Makefile.linux	2004-07-28 22:52:49.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/src/ppp-2.4.1b2/pppd/Makefile.linux	2007-04-19 12:43:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@
 
 PPPDSRCS = main.c magic.c fsm.c lcp.c ipcp.c upap.c chap.c md5.c ccp.c \
 	   ipxcp.c auth.c options.c sys-linux.c md4.c chap_ms.c cbcp.c \
-	   demand.c utils.c multilink.c tdb.c tty.c
+	   demand.c utils.c multilink.c tdb.c tty.c framepipe.c
 HEADERS =  callout.h pathnames.h patchlevel.h chap.h md5.h chap_ms.h md4.h \
 	   ipxcp.h cbcp.h tdb.h
 MANPAGES = pppd.8
 PPPDOBJS = main.o magic.o fsm.o lcp.o ipcp.o upap.o chap.o md5.o ccp.o \
 	   auth.o options.o demand.o utils.o sys-linux.o ipxcp.o multilink.o \
-	   tdb.o tty.o
+	   tdb.o tty.o framepipe.o
 
 all: pppd
 
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 # CC = gcc
 #
-COPTS = -O2 -pipe -Wall -g
+COPTS = -O2 -pipe -Wall -ggdb
 LIBS =
 
 ifneq ($(wildcard /usr/lib/libcrypt.*),)
Common subdirectories: ppp-2.4.1b2.WORKING/pppd/plugins and /usr/src/ppp-2.4.1b2/pppd/plugins
diff -uN ppp-2.4.1b2.WORKING/pppd/sys-linux.c /usr/src/ppp-2.4.1b2/pppd/sys-linux.c
--- ppp-2.4.1b2.WORKING/pppd/sys-linux.c	2004-07-28 22:52:49.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/src/ppp-2.4.1b2/pppd/sys-linux.c	2007-04-22 12:19:43.000000000 +0200
@@ -939,6 +939,7 @@
  * output - Output PPP packet.
  */
 
+
 void output (int unit, unsigned char *p, int len)
 {
     int fd = ppp_fd;
@@ -946,7 +947,7 @@
 
     if (debug)
 	dbglog("sent %P", p, len);
-
+	
     if (len < PPP_HDRLEN)
 	return;
     if (new_style_driver) {
@@ -1050,15 +1051,17 @@
     int n;
 
     if (new_style_driver) {
-	while ((n = read_packet(inpacket_buf)) > 0)
+	while ((n = read_packet(inpacket_buf)) > 0) {
 	    if (loop_frame(inpacket_buf, n))
 		rv = 1;
+	}
 	return rv;
     }
 
-    while ((n = read(master_fd, inbuf, sizeof(inbuf))) > 0)
+    while ((n = read(master_fd, inbuf, sizeof(inbuf))) > 0) {
 	if (loop_chars(inbuf, n))
 	    rv = 1;
+	 }
 
     if (n == 0)
 	fatal("eof on loopback");
diff -uN ppp-2.4.1b2.WORKING/pppd/tty.c /usr/src/ppp-2.4.1b2/pppd/tty.c
--- ppp-2.4.1b2.WORKING/pppd/tty.c	2004-07-28 22:52:49.000000000 +0200
+++ /usr/src/ppp-2.4.1b2/pppd/tty.c	2007-04-23 12:54:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@
 #include "fsm.h"
 #include "lcp.h"
 
+
+#include "framepipe.h"
+
 void tty_process_extra_options __P((void));
 void tty_check_options __P((void));
 int  connect_tty __P((void));
@@ -877,6 +880,11 @@
  * This runs as the user (not as root).
  * (We assume ofd >= ifd which is true the way this gets called. :-).
  */
+
+#ifdef FRAMEPIPEDEBUG
+static unsigned long glob_rd_cnt=0, glob_wr_cnt=0, glob_pty_rd_cnt=0;
+#endif
+
 static void
 charshunt(ifd, ofd, record_file)
     int ifd, ofd;
@@ -886,7 +894,6 @@
     fd_set ready, writey;
     u_char *ibufp, *obufp;
     int nibuf, nobuf;
-    int flags;
     int pty_readable, stdin_readable;
     struct timeval lasttime;
     FILE *recordf = NULL;
@@ -894,6 +901,8 @@
     struct timeval levelt, tout, *top;
     extern u_char inpacket_buf[];
 
+    char *readp=NULL;
+
     /*
      * Reset signal handlers.
      */
@@ -947,6 +956,7 @@
 	    error("Couldn't create record file %s: %m", record_file);
     }
 
+#if 0
     /* set all the fds to non-blocking mode */
     flags = fcntl(pty_master, F_GETFL);
     if (flags == -1
@@ -962,6 +972,7 @@
 	    || fcntl(ofd, F_SETFL, flags | O_NONBLOCK) == -1)
 	    warn("couldn't set stdout to nonblock: %m");
     }
+#endif
 
     nibuf = nobuf = 0;
     ibufp = obufp = NULL;
@@ -1028,7 +1039,24 @@
 	    ilevel = olevel = 0;
 	if (FD_ISSET(ifd, &ready)) {
 	    ibufp = inpacket_buf;
-	    nibuf = read(ifd, ibufp, PPP_MRU + PPP_HDRLEN);
+	    //nibuf = read(ifd, ibufp, PPP_MRU + PPP_HDRLEN);
+	    nibuf=framepipe_read(ifd, (void**)&readp);
+	    
+	    if (nibuf>0)
+	    	memcpy(ibufp,readp, nibuf);
+
+#ifdef DEBUGFRAMPIPE
+	   	int i;
+	    FILE *fp=fopen("/tmp/ppp.log","a+");
+	    fprintf(fp, "read (%d) l(%x):",glob_rd_cnt, nibuf);
+	    for (i=0; i<nibuf; i++) 
+	    	fprintf(fp, "%x ",ibufp[i]);
+	    fprintf(fp,"\n");
+	    fflush(fp);
+	    fclose(fp);
+	    //info("%d read:%x",glob_rd_cnt++, nibuf);
+#endif
+	
 	    if (nibuf < 0 && errno == EIO)
 		nibuf = 0;
 	    if (nibuf < 0) {
@@ -1055,7 +1083,9 @@
 	}
 	if (FD_ISSET(pty_master, &ready)) {
 	    obufp = outpacket_buf;
-	    nobuf = read(pty_master, obufp, PPP_MRU + PPP_HDRLEN);
+	    nobuf = read(pty_master, obufp, PPP_MRU + PPP_HDRLEN -2);
+	    //info("nobuf: %d",nobuf);
+
 	    if (nobuf < 0 && errno == EIO)
 		nobuf = 0;
 	    if (nobuf < 0) {
@@ -1084,13 +1114,29 @@
 	    n = nobuf;
 	    if (olevel + n > max_level)
 		n = max_level - olevel;
-	    n = write(ofd, obufp, n);
+	    //n = write(ofd, obufp, n);
+	    n=framepipe_write(ofd, obufp, n);
+
+#ifdef DEBUGFRAMPIPE
+	   if (n>0) {
+	   	int i;
+	    	FILE *fp=fopen("/tmp/ppp.log","a+");
+	    	fprintf(fp, "write (%d) l(%x):",glob_wr_cnt, n);
+	    	for (i=0; i<n; i++) 
+	    		fprintf(fp, "%x ",obufp[i]);
+	    	fprintf(fp,"\n");
+	    	fflush(fp);
+	    	fclose(fp);
+	   	info("%d write:%x %d nobuf(%d) hdrlen(%d)",glob_wr_cnt++, n, n, nobuf, PPP_MRU + PPP_HDRLEN);
+	    }
+
+#endif
 	    if (n < 0) {
 		if (errno == EIO) {
 		    pty_readable = 0;
 		    nobuf = 0;
 		} else if (errno != EAGAIN && errno != EINTR) {
-		    error("Error writing standard output: %m");
+		    error("Error writing standard output: %m %d",n);
 		    break;
 		}
 	    } else {