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From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH, untested] Support for PPPOE on SMP
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2003 22:12:13 +1000 (EST)
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James Carlson writes:
> Jamal Hadi writes:
> > So what about packet being loss? Wouldnt that ensure reordering?
> 
> Please explain.  What pattern of loss possibly results in one packet
> being inserted in the stream ahead of another?

Rusty asked me today what protocols there were that coped with packet
loss but couldn't cope with reordering.  I couldn't think of any.  Do
you know of any examples?

Regards,
Paul.