From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "David S. Miller" Subject: Re: [PATCH] Enabling standard compliant behaviour in the Linux TCP implementation Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 13:51:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20060516.135156.61699813.davem@davemloft.net> References: <8dd26e70605160724j784cf538v59631cf571646f36@mail.gmail.com> <20060516092407.68fbc205@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: angelo.castellani+lkml@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org, francesco@net.infocom.uniroma1.it, andrea.baiocchi@uniroma1.it Return-path: Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:47248 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750772AbWEPUvu (ORCPT ); Tue, 16 May 2006 16:51:50 -0400 To: shemminger@osdl.org In-Reply-To: <20060516092407.68fbc205@localhost.localdomain> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 09:24:07 -0700 > Read Linus's comments on standards. We make software for users, not for > academic use. > http://kerneltrap.org/node/5725 > > If we added this then paranoid users would set it. I totally agree, and naming this thing "standard_compliant" really gives the wrong impression about the situation. Every TCP stack out there has behaviorisms, like these, which while not mentioned specifically in any standard are entirely within the spirit of the standards and that is what matters.