* [PATCH] tcp_vegas_cong_avoid doc
@ 2004-04-26 17:12 Stephen Hemminger
2004-04-26 23:32 ` David S. Miller
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From: Stephen Hemminger @ 2004-04-26 17:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David S. Miller; +Cc: netdev
Patch to update sysctl documentation to include tcp_vegas.
Feel free to rewrite for better explanation.
diff -Nru a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt Mon Apr 26 10:09:25 2004
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt Mon Apr 26 10:09:25 2004
@@ -307,6 +307,15 @@
wired networks and throughput over wireless links.
Default: 0
+tcp_vegas_cong_avoid - BOOLEAN
+ Enable TCP Vegas congestion avoidance algorithm.
+ TCP Vegas is a sender-side only change to TCP that anticipates
+ the onset of congestion by estimating the bandwidth. TCP Vegas
+ adjusts the sending rate by modifying the congestion
+ window. TCP Vegas should provide less packet loss, but is not
+ be as aggressive as TCP Reno.
+ Default:0
+
ip_local_port_range - 2 INTEGERS
Defines the local port range that is used by TCP and UDP to
choose the local port. The first number is the first, the
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2004-04-26 17:12 [PATCH] tcp_vegas_cong_avoid doc Stephen Hemminger
@ 2004-04-26 23:32 ` David S. Miller
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From: David S. Miller @ 2004-04-26 23:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Stephen Hemminger; +Cc: netdev
On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 10:12:10 -0700
Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@osdl.org> wrote:
> Patch to update sysctl documentation to include tcp_vegas.
> Feel free to rewrite for better explanation.
I applied this, only changing a minor grammatical error at the
end. See attached...
# This is a BitKeeper generated diff -Nru style patch.
#
# ChangeSet
# 2004/04/26 16:31:03-07:00 shemminger@osdl.org
# [TCP]: Add vegas sysctl docs.
#
# Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
# 2004/04/26 16:30:36-07:00 shemminger@osdl.org +9 -0
# [TCP]: Add vegas sysctl docs.
#
diff -Nru a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt Mon Apr 26 16:31:29 2004
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt Mon Apr 26 16:31:29 2004
@@ -307,6 +307,15 @@
wired networks and throughput over wireless links.
Default: 0
+tcp_vegas_cong_avoid - BOOLEAN
+ Enable TCP Vegas congestion avoidance algorithm.
+ TCP Vegas is a sender-side only change to TCP that anticipates
+ the onset of congestion by estimating the bandwidth. TCP Vegas
+ adjusts the sending rate by modifying the congestion
+ window. TCP Vegas should provide less packet loss, but it is
+ not as aggressive as TCP Reno.
+ Default:0
+
ip_local_port_range - 2 INTEGERS
Defines the local port range that is used by TCP and UDP to
choose the local port. The first number is the first, the
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