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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC] RTT metrics scaling
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From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@vyatta.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:30:07 -0700

> On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:50:13 -0700 (PDT)
> David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> 
> > But aren't we approaching microsecond RTT's soon? :-) (yes, I know in
> > TCP we min clamp at 200ms RTT, but that clamp we probably want to
> > remove soon)
>
> We could put in microseconds, but since it is computer off of
> jiffies (ie clock ticks), the resolution wouldn't be worth it.

Fair enough.

> 
> > If you don't think that's worth worrying about, I'll apply this patch.
> 
> Hold off it needs more testing.

Ok.