From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Ian McDonald Subject: Bug#337089: linux-image-2.6.14-1-powerpc: add CONFIG_TCP_CONG_BIC=y Date: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 07:24:41 +1300 Message-ID: References: <20051102162451.0002CF64E@ibook.free.fr> <20051104032726.GD4708@verge.net.au> Reply-To: Ian McDonald , 337089@bugs.debian.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: =?UTF-8?Q?Beno=C3=AEt?= Dejean , 337089@bugs.debian.org, NetDev Return-path: Resent-Message-ID: To: Horms In-Reply-To: <20051104032726.GD4708@verge.net.au> Content-Disposition: inline List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org > > But Debian .config has CONFIG_TCP_CONG_BIC=3Dm (CONFIG_TCP_CONG_*=3Dm) = which > > makes NewReno default. So this is like a "regression". I'd like debian = kernel > > to have CONFIG_TCP_CONG_BIC=3Dy provided that one can easily switch to = another > > algorithm (using /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_congestion_control). > > could someone please comment on what a good default congestion > algorithm setup for distribution kernels is? > If you want BIC as default then do as suggested here. My personal opinion is that is the correct thing to do for a standard distribution. If it is an experimental distribution then turn on tcp advanced congestion control and build the rest (except for BIC) as modules. Ian -- Ian McDonald http://wand.net.nz/~iam4 WAND Network Research Group University of Waikato New Zealand