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Date:      Tue, 28 Aug 2001 01:39:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>
Cc:        Harkirat Singh <singh@pdx.edu>, Dave Zarzycki <zarzycki@FreeBSD.ORG>, Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org>, <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: RFC: SACK/FACK patch port to Current 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.30.0108280137120.77248-100000@niwun.pair.com>
In-Reply-To: <200108280249.f7S2nOZ62047@whizzo.transsys.com>

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On Mon, 27 Aug 2001, Louis A. Mamakos wrote:

> I don't think that a drive-by commit of some other related work without
> a commitment to understand the code in a very deep way is wise.
>
> If you consider the dynamic range that the TCP retransmit timers need to
> operate over, it's a truly frighting thing, and folks ought not to be
> anxious screw with the implementation lightly.
>
> louie

By the time something gets committed, it will certainly be well tested,
and sysctl controlable.  If the testing doesn't seem sufficient at that
time, you're more than welcome to throw in scenarios it should be tested
under.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack


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