linux-kernel - tcp_ecn is an integer not a boolean

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Date:	Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:49:08 +1100
From:	Peter Chubb <peter.chubb@...ta.com.au>
To:	trivial@...tcorp.com.au
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: tcp_ecn is an integer not a boolean


There was some confusion at LCA as to why the sysctl tcp_ecn took one
of three values when it was documented as a Boolean.  This patch fixes
the documentation.

Signed-off-by: Peter Chubb <peter.chubb@...ta.com.au>

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index d99940d..ac3b4a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ tcp_cookie_size - INTEGER
 tcp_dsack - BOOLEAN
 	Allows TCP to send "duplicate" SACKs.
 
-tcp_ecn - BOOLEAN
+tcp_ecn - INTEGER
 	Enable Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in TCP. ECN is only
 	used when both ends of the TCP flow support it. It is useful to
 	avoid losses due to congestion (when the bottleneck router supports

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