Re: bug in 2.1.89 include/net/sock.h?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 23 Mar 1998 19:07:31 +0000 (GMT)


> so that slowness of link will not result in overestimate of rtt.
> When a packet goes to blackhole, congestion avoidance will feel it,
> but rtt will be estimated more-or-the-less correctly. Is it true?
> Or I say something silly?

It is true. Set the tx_queue_len of a 28.8 modem link to 3 or 4 then
try irc and other apps while ftping. The result is quite usable. Why do you
think I added SIOCSIFTXQLEN ;)

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