From: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@codefidence.com>
To: William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] Document future removal of sysctl_tcp_* options
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:45:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4AE41047.6020904@codefidence.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4ADF616B.1090405@gmail.com>
William Allen Simpson wrote:
> Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:
>> I have no issue with leaving those, if everyone thinks we're better off.
>>
>> BTW, while we're talking about OS envy, I do believe that Windows do let
>> you specify on a per route basis. Not that this is really a good
>> ground for
>> technical decision, but still... :-)
>>
> I'm not concerned with "envy", I'm concerned with training operators, and
> consistency across platforms.
>
> I'm in favor of per route configuration, it seems reasonably clean, as
> long as it's done consistently with other systems. I don't permit
> Windows
> systems to be used here (except under controlled security
> circumstances), so
> I'm not familiar with their configuration. However, doing things
> similarly
> across platforms will ease documentation and training.
>
I have no objection leaving the current sysctl as is. Personally, I
think it's useless when you have route level options but I don't care
all that much.
The powers that be are more then welcome to ACK the first 7 patches and
NACK the documentation of the sysctl as deprecated. :-)
Gilad
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Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-21 8:56 [PATCH v2 0/8] Per route TCP options Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-21 8:56 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] Only parse time stamp TCP option in time wait sock Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-21 9:49 ` William Allen Simpson
2009-10-21 10:07 ` Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-21 18:59 ` William Allen Simpson
2009-10-25 8:41 ` Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-21 8:56 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] Allow tcp_parse_options to consult dst entry Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-21 13:03 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2009-10-21 14:07 ` Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-22 9:41 ` Ilpo Järvinen
2009-10-21 8:56 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] Add dst_feature to query route entry features Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-21 8:56 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] Add the no SACK route option feature Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-21 19:22 ` William Allen Simpson
2009-10-25 8:44 ` Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-21 8:56 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] Allow disabling TCP timestamp options per route Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-21 19:22 ` William Allen Simpson
2009-10-25 8:43 ` Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-21 8:56 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] Allow to turn off TCP window scale opt " Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-21 8:57 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] Allow disabling of DSACK TCP option " Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-21 8:57 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] Document future removal of sysctl_tcp_* options Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-21 9:40 ` William Allen Simpson
2009-10-21 10:23 ` Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-21 19:30 ` William Allen Simpson
2009-10-22 4:32 ` Bill Fink
2009-10-22 4:57 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-10-22 10:53 ` William Allen Simpson
2009-10-25 9:09 ` Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-26 0:21 ` Bill Fink
2009-10-26 5:03 ` Eric Dumazet
2009-10-26 8:05 ` Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-26 15:08 ` Bill Fink
2009-10-26 15:51 ` Gilad Ben-Yossef
2009-10-27 5:09 ` Bill Fink
2009-10-25 8:45 ` Gilad Ben-Yossef [this message]
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