netdev - Re: [Patch] fix packet loss and massive ping spikes with PPP multi-link

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Date:	Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:18:59 +0100
From:	Ben McKeegan <ben@...servers.co.uk>
To:	Richard Hartmann <richih.mailinglist@...il.com>
CC:	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Patch] fix packet loss and massive ping spikes with PPP 	multi-link

Richard Hartmann wrote:

> As 2.6.35-rc1 is out, does this mean that we are looking at 2.6.36 at the
> earliest? Or could this make it in as it is
> 
> a) a bug fix

This isn't really a bug fix.  Its a behavioural change to work around 
poor quality/mismatched underlying PPP channels.

Regards,
Ben.
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