--- /dev/null
+diff -urN ppp.old/pppd/Makefile.linux ppp.dev/pppd/Makefile.linux
+--- ppp.old/pppd/Makefile.linux 2006-03-18 15:58:00.000000000 +0100
++++ ppp.dev/pppd/Makefile.linux 2006-03-18 16:52:01.000000000 +0100
+@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@
+ # and that the kernel driver support PPP packet filtering.
+ #FILTER=y
+
++# Support for precompiled filters
++PRECOMPILED_FILTER=y
++
+ # Uncomment the next line to enable multilink PPP (enabled by default)
+ # Linux distributions: Please leave multilink ENABLED in your builds
+ # of pppd!
+@@ -177,6 +180,14 @@
+ endif
+ endif
+
++ifdef PRECOMPILED_FILTER
++PPPDSRCS += pcap_pcc.c
++HEADERS += pcap_pcc.h
++PPPDOBJS += pcap_pcc.o
++LIBS += $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libpcap.a
++CFLAGS += -DPPP_FILTER -DPPP_PRECOMPILED_FILTER -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include
++endif
++
+ ifdef HAVE_INET6
+ PPPDSRCS += ipv6cp.c eui64.c
+ HEADERS += ipv6cp.h eui64.h
+diff -urN ppp.old/pppd/demand.c ppp.dev/pppd/demand.c
+--- ppp.old/pppd/demand.c 2006-03-18 15:58:00.000000000 +0100
++++ ppp.dev/pppd/demand.c 2006-03-18 18:09:16.000000000 +0100
+@@ -438,12 +438,14 @@
+ return 0;
+ proto = PPP_PROTOCOL(p);
+ #ifdef PPP_FILTER
++ *p = 1; /* set outbound for the filter rule */
+ if (pass_filter.bf_len != 0
+ && bpf_filter(pass_filter.bf_insns, p, len, len) == 0)
+ return 0;
+ if (active_filter.bf_len != 0
+ && bpf_filter(active_filter.bf_insns, p, len, len) == 0)
+ return 0;
++ *p = 0xff; /* restore original ppp header */
+ #endif
+ for (i = 0; (protp = protocols[i]) != NULL; ++i) {
+ if (protp->protocol < 0xC000 && (protp->protocol & ~0x8000) == proto) {
+diff -urN ppp.old/pppd/options.c ppp.dev/pppd/options.c
+--- ppp.old/pppd/options.c 2006-03-18 15:58:00.000000000 +0100
++++ ppp.dev/pppd/options.c 2006-03-18 18:05:58.000000000 +0100
+@@ -57,14 +57,7 @@
+
+ #ifdef PPP_FILTER
+ #include <pcap.h>
+-/*
+- * DLT_PPP_WITH_DIRECTION is in current libpcap cvs, and should be in
+- * libpcap-0.8.4. Until that is released, use DLT_PPP - but that means
+- * we lose the inbound and outbound qualifiers.
+- */
+-#ifndef DLT_PPP_WITH_DIRECTION
+-#define DLT_PPP_WITH_DIRECTION DLT_PPP
+-#endif
++#include <pcap-bpf.h>
+ #endif
+
+ #include "pppd.h"
+@@ -155,6 +148,13 @@
+ static int loadplugin __P((char **));
+ #endif
+
++#ifdef PPP_PRECOMPILED_FILTER
++#include "pcap_pcc.h"
++static int setprecompiledpassfilter __P((char **));
++static int setprecompiledactivefilter __P((char **));
++#undef PPP_FILTER
++#endif
++
+ #ifdef PPP_FILTER
+ static int setpassfilter __P((char **));
+ static int setactivefilter __P((char **));
+@@ -312,6 +312,14 @@
+ "set filter for active pkts", OPT_PRIO },
+ #endif
+
++#ifdef PPP_PRECOMPILED_FILTER
++ { "precompiled-pass-filter", 1, setprecompiledpassfilter,
++ "set precompiled filter for packets to pass", OPT_PRIO },
++
++ { "precompiled-active-filter", 1, setprecompiledactivefilter,
++ "set precompiled filter for active pkts", OPT_PRIO },
++#endif
++
+ #ifdef MAXOCTETS
+ { "maxoctets", o_int, &maxoctets,
+ "Set connection traffic limit",
+@@ -1447,6 +1455,29 @@
+ return ok;
+ }
+
++#ifdef PPP_PRECOMPILED_FILTER
++/*
++ * setprecompiledpassfilter - Set the pass filter for packets using a
++ * precompiled expression
++ */
++static int
++setprecompiledpassfilter(argv)
++ char **argv;
++{
++ return pcap_pre_compiled (*argv, &pass_filter);
++}
++
++/*
++ * setactivefilter - Set the active filter for packets
++ */
++static int
++setprecompiledactivefilter(argv)
++ char **argv;
++{
++ return pcap_pre_compiled (*argv, &active_filter);
++}
++#endif
++
+ #ifdef PPP_FILTER
+ /*
+ * setpassfilter - Set the pass filter for packets
+@@ -1458,7 +1489,7 @@
+ pcap_t *pc;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+- pc = pcap_open_dead(DLT_PPP_WITH_DIRECTION, 65535);
++ pc = pcap_open_dead(DLT_PPP_PPPD, 65535);
+ if (pcap_compile(pc, &pass_filter, *argv, 1, netmask) == -1) {
+ option_error("error in pass-filter expression: %s\n",
+ pcap_geterr(pc));
+@@ -1479,7 +1510,7 @@
+ pcap_t *pc;
+ int ret = 0;
+
+- pc = pcap_open_dead(DLT_PPP_WITH_DIRECTION, 65535);
++ pc = pcap_open_dead(DLT_PPP_PPPD, 65535);
+ if (pcap_compile(pc, &active_filter, *argv, 1, netmask) == -1) {
+ option_error("error in active-filter expression: %s\n",
+ pcap_geterr(pc));
+diff -urN ppp.old/pppd/pcap_pcc.c ppp.dev/pppd/pcap_pcc.c
+--- ppp.old/pppd/pcap_pcc.c 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ ppp.dev/pppd/pcap_pcc.c 2006-03-18 16:51:31.000000000 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
++#include <pcap.h>
++#include <pcap-bpf.h>
++#include <stdio.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
++#include <string.h>
++#include <errno.h>
++#include "pppd.h"
++
++int pcap_pre_compiled (char * fname, struct bpf_program *p)
++{
++ char buf[128];
++ int line = 0, size = 0, index=0, ret=1;
++ FILE *f = fopen (fname, "r");
++ if (!f)
++ {
++ option_error("error opening precompiled active-filter '%s': %s",
++ fname, strerror (errno));
++ return 0;
++ }
++ while (fgets (buf, 127, f))
++ {
++ line++;
++ if (*buf == '#')
++ continue;
++ if (size)
++ {
++ /*
++ struct bpf_insn {
++ u_short code;
++ u_char jt;
++ u_char jf;
++ bpf_int32 k;
++ }
++ */
++ struct bpf_insn * insn = & p->bf_insns[index];
++ unsigned code, jt, jf, k;
++ if (sscanf (buf, "%u %u %u %u", &code, &jt, &jf, &k) != 4)
++ {
++ goto err;
++ }
++ insn->code = code;
++ insn->jt = jt;
++ insn->jf = jf;
++ insn->k = k;
++ index++;
++ }
++ else
++ {
++ if (sscanf (buf, "%u", &size) != 1)
++ {
++ goto err;
++ }
++ p->bf_len = size;
++ p->bf_insns = (struct bpf_insn *)
++ malloc (size * sizeof (struct bpf_insn));
++ }
++ }
++ if (size != index)
++ {
++ option_error("error in precompiled active-filter,"
++ " expected %d expressions, got %dn",
++ size, index);
++ ret = 0;
++ }
++ fclose(f);
++ return ret;
++
++err:
++ option_error("error in precompiled active-filter"
++ " expression line %s:%d (wrong size)\n",
++ fname, line);
++ fclose (f);
++ return 0;
++}
+diff -urN ppp.old/pppd/pcap_pcc.h ppp.dev/pppd/pcap_pcc.h
+--- ppp.old/pppd/pcap_pcc.h 1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ ppp.dev/pppd/pcap_pcc.h 2006-03-18 15:59:14.000000000 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
++#ifndef PCAP_PCC_H
++#define PCAP_PCC_H
++
++#include <pcap.h>
++
++int pcap_pre_compiled (char * fname, struct bpf_program *p);
++#endif /* PCAP_PCC_H */