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authorIlpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi>2007-02-21 23:16:38 -0800
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2007-04-25 22:23:17 -0700
commit127af0c44fc916908abd145914d65b9fe598bcd7 (patch)
treed79b59f282431655d03cdd4587ef0d2fbe877c36 /Documentation/networking
parent4dc2665e3634d720a62bd27128fc8781fcdad2dc (diff)
[TCP] FRTO: Sysctl documentation for SACK enhanced version
The description is overly verbose to avoid ambiguity between "SACK enabled" and "SACK enhanced FRTO" Signed-off-by: Ilpo Järvinen <ilpo.jarvinen@helsinki.fi> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt5
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diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index 702d1d8dd04a..719b42907314 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -183,7 +183,10 @@ tcp_frto - BOOLEAN
Enables F-RTO, an enhanced recovery algorithm for TCP retransmission
timeouts. It is particularly beneficial in wireless environments
where packet loss is typically due to random radio interference
- rather than intermediate router congestion.
+ rather than intermediate router congestion. If set to 1, basic
+ version is enabled. 2 enables SACK enhanced FRTO, which is
+ EXPERIMENTAL. The basic version can be used also when SACK is
+ enabled for a flow through tcp_sack sysctl.
tcp_keepalive_time - INTEGER
How often TCP sends out keepalive messages when keepalive is enabled.