In article <m33dqrc3c7.fsf@fred.muc.de>, Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> wrote:
>
>Linux's small window handling in TCP could be certainly improved, although
>using a 4096 window on the internet looks rather bogus too.
Small windows are (or at least were) pretty common on specialized
hardware with no real full TCP/IP stack. There was one early HP printer
that had a very stupid TCP stack, and I think it hardcoded its window to
something like a kilobyte or two.
I wouldn't be surprised if the same was true on some of the embedded
stuff. Think cell-phones that can do POP3. Maybe not today, but never
dismiss the lure of the internet and the stupidity of devices ;)
Linus
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