On (08/22/08 09:55), Kacheong Poon wrote: > Yes, I think tcp_host_param works as long as one knows how to > do it properly :-) I don't know when it was integrated and > I'm not too sure about its original design goal. My guess is > that it was designed for RFC 1323. I remember getting questions > about it from customers many many years ago. If my guess of > the design goal is correct, I think the way to do it nowadays > is to do auto-tuning. > > BTW, I think we have not received any question about it for > many many years.
So, given that we don't quite understand the design goal, and whether it is actively being used, but do know that it has some serious flaws, how do we determine if we should retain it, or discard it? I was under the impression that this had a long history of problems and could be safely discarded as we tried to clean up the tcp/ip administrative interfaces. --Sowmini _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
