netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/2] [iputils] MTU discovery changes

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Date:	Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:45:06 +0900 (JST)
From:	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / .$B5HF#1QL@.(B 
	<yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
To:	jheffner@....edu
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] [iputils] MTU discovery changes

In article <460474E1.9070805@....edu> (at Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:46:25 -0400), John Heffner <jheffner@....edu> says:

> These add some changes that make tracepath a little more useful for 
> diagnosing MTU issues.  The length flag helps distinguish between MTU 
> black holes and other types of black holes by allowing you to vary the 
> probe packet lengths.  Using PMTUDISC_PROBE gives you the same results 
> on each run without having to flush the route cache, so you can see 
> where MTU changes in the path actually occur.
> 
> The PMTUDISC_PROBE patch goes in should be conditional on whether the 
> corresponding kernel patch (just sent) goes in.

Please update documents (docs/*.sgml) as well.  Thanks.

--yoshfuji
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