Re: [2.6 patch] cleanup congestion control options

From: Adrian Bunk
Date: Sat Jul 14 2007 - 03:11:19 EST


On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 11:54:42PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:09:54 +0200
>
> > This patch contains the following cleanups:
> > - note in the prompt if an option depends on EXPERIMENTAL
> > - remove "default n"s that didn't have any effect
> > - remove "default m"s from options under TCP_CONG_ADVANCED:
> > if you manually choose congestion control modules you should
> > know which ones you want
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> I'm not so sure about any of this, sorry Adrian, I'm
> not applying this.

What exactly are you not sure of?
- noting the experimental status in the prompt is a common convention
in the kernel
- "default n"s like here are nops serving no purpose

This leaves only the removal of the "default m"s which I thought would
be non-controversial since people seeing these options should know best
what they need.

cu
Adrian

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