> The reasoning is simple: Quick ack mode is used to speed up bulk
> transfers, and in bulk transfer you don't use small packets. In
> other situations we want the full packet saving benefit of delayed
> acks. So artifically using small packets is a bad idea.
Nope. I use small packets because I'm using the link for transfers
while I'm using it interactively. I don't want my character traffic
to queue up behind 1 or more large packets. I also don't want my
transfers stalling.
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