linux-kernel - Re: Disabling TCP slow start after idle

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Message-Id: <20111112110555.8ca6f5d81646718e90c4af80@canb.auug.org.au>
Date:	Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:05:55 +1100
From:	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:	"David Laight" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
Cc:	"linuxppc-dev" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Disabling TCP slow start after idle

Hi David,

On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:30:23 -0000 "David Laight" <David.Laight@...LAB.COM> wrote:
>
> We have some connections that suffer very badly from the TCP
> 'slow start' algorithm. These are connections that will
> always be local - they may be MAC-Switch-MAC using RGMII
> crossover, they might also be connected via an external
> switch. In either case the RTT is most likely to be almost
> zero, certainly below 1ms.

You would be better off asking networking questions on netdev at
vger.kernel.org ...

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell                    sfr@...b.auug.org.au
http://www.canb.auug.org.au/~sfr/

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