netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp: split tcp_ecn sysctl knob to distinguish between IPv4 and IPv6

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Date:	Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:05:38 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: split tcp_ecn sysctl knob to distinguish between
 IPv4 and IPv6

On Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:35:33 +0100
Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org> wrote:

> ECN could be more reliable when used with IPv6 (I don't have proofs). For
> people who want to try ECN with IPv6 but still have problems connecting
> to destinations because of broken IPv4 routers this switch allows one
> to enable ECN just for IPv6.
> 
> Perhaps ECN could be enabled by default in future.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>

Any new or modified sysctl should be documented in:
  Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
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