From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 4 11:49:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA22764 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 11:49:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA22755 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 11:49:07 -0800 (PST) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA13624; Mon, 4 Mar 1996 14:48:41 -0500 Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 14:48:41 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9603041948.AA13624@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Nate Williams Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel messages.... In-Reply-To: <199603041934.MAA21175@rocky.sri.MT.net> References: <199603041106.LAA00537@bsd.tseinc.com> <9603041842.AA12682@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> <199603041913.MAA21147@rocky.sri.MT.net> <9603041929.AA14006@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> <199603041934.MAA21175@rocky.sri.MT.net> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk < said: >> I don't want to remove it, because it indicates that some >> configuration needs to be at least thought about. > And that configuration would be? The operator needs to consider how best to balance TCP performance against memory usage. If you have a lot of memory, you can set the parameters very high and get improved TCP performance on very busy machines. If you don't have a lot of memory, you can set the parameters very low and get improved memory utilization. Under normal circumstances, you won't see the message. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant