netdev - TCP Appropriate Byte Counting per default off

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Date:	Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:21:44 +0100
From:	Alexander Zimmermann <zimmermann@...s.rwth-aachen.de>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi J?rvinen" <ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: TCP Appropriate Byte Counting per default off

Hi David, hi Ilpo,

I wonder why ABC is off per default? What are the reasons?
Should we turn it on per default?

>From algorithmic point of view I see no flaws just
benefits.

With RFC5681 ABC is recommended.
OSX uses ABC per default.

Alex

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