From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Adrian Bunk Subject: [2.6 patch] remove Documentation/networking/Configurable Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 18:05:11 +0100 Message-ID: <20071105170510.GR12045@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 To: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:59440 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756161AbXKERFe (ORCPT ); Mon, 5 Nov 2007 12:05:34 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org After more than 11 years this file does no longer contain much useful information. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk --- Documentation/networking/00-INDEX | 2 - Documentation/networking/Configurable | 34 -------------------------- 2 files changed, 36 deletions(-) f200fa4962996e11967e7c1040771b6669829fca diff --git a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX index c48892e..a9f4acc 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX +++ b/Documentation/networking/00-INDEX @@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ - information on the 3Com EtherLink Plus (3c505) driver. 6pack.txt - info on the 6pack protocol, an alternative to KISS for AX.25 -Configurable - - info on some of the configurable network parameters DLINK.txt - info on the D-Link DE-600/DE-620 parallel port pocket adapters PLIP.txt diff --git a/Documentation/networking/Configurable b/Documentation/networking/Configurable deleted file mode 100644 index 69c0dd4..0000000 --- a/Documentation/networking/Configurable +++ /dev/null @@ -1,34 +0,0 @@ - -There are a few network parameters that can be tuned to better match -the kernel to your system hardware and intended usage. The defaults -are usually a good choice for 99% of the people 99% of the time, but -you should be aware they do exist and can be changed. - -The current list of parameters can be found in the files: - - linux/net/TUNABLE - Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt - -Some of these are accessible via the sysctl interface, and many more are -scheduled to be added in this way. For example, some parameters related -to Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) are very easily viewed and altered. - - # cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/arp_timeout - 6000 - # echo 7000 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/arp_timeout - # cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/arp_timeout - 7000 - -Others are already accessible via the related user space programs. -For example, MAX_WINDOW has a default of 32 k which is a good choice for -modern hardware, but if you have a slow (8 bit) Ethernet card and/or a slow -machine, then this will be far too big for the card to keep up with fast -machines transmitting on the same net, resulting in overruns and receive errors. -A value of about 4 k would be more appropriate, which can be set via: - - # route add -net 192.168.3.0 window 4096 - -The remainder of these can only be presently changed by altering a #define -in the related header file. This means an edit and recompile cycle. - - Paul Gortmaker 06/96