On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 12:11:01 +0200 bert hubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 08:32:14AM +0900, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > By building all the possiblities into the kernel, ie. not as modules > > you get the last one registered. TCP LP is probably the worst one > > to use, because it is designed for bulk low priority applications. > > It also is one of the newest least tested. Right now, I would rate > > Hehe, this seems to be a bad default configuration policy then. People > generally don't assume that if the kernel offers 10 policies that the most > unstable will be used by default if you compile them all in. > > I've attached a patch that reorders the choices per your suggested order, so > people are most likely to get a sane default. > > I've tried to make "reno" the default, no matter what you compiled in, but > it didn't work. The linker probably reorders tcp_cong.o in early. Reno is always builtin. To choose it use sysctl -w net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control=reno Depending on load order is not good, and not a safe way to configure. If you want a particular value set it with sysctl! The more experimental ones are already labeled as EXPERIMENTAL. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
