netdev - Re: [PATCH] tcp FRTO: in-order-only "TCP proxy" fragility workaround

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Message-ID: <20080812144309.7d62fd86@tux>
Date:	Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:43:09 -0300
From:	Dâniel Fraga <fragabr@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	thomas.jarosch@...ra2net.com, ilpo.jarvinen@...sinki.fi,
	billfink@...dspring.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	sr@...urenet.de, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp FRTO: in-order-only "TCP proxy" fragility
 workaround

On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:18:22 -0700 (PDT)
David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:

> We had the same situation with ECN and window scaling, and my proposal
> is the same as how we handled those situations involving broken
> middleware boxes.

	Sorry for my ignorance (I'm just an user), but if the problem
is not with Linux, why this problem appeared just on 2.6.25 kernel? I
mean, with 2.6.24 and before I never had stalled connections. Just a
coincidence? Or something has changed in 2.6.25 which caused this?

	Thank you!


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