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Date:      Mon, 30 Aug 1999 16:32:19 -0500
From:      Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com>
To:        "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP
Message-ID:  <19990830163219.20716@right.PCS>
In-Reply-To: <199908302127.OAA67008@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>; from Rodney W. Grimes on Aug 08, 1999 at 02:27:53PM -0700
References:  <19990830162125.52517@right.PCS> <199908302127.OAA67008@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net>

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On Aug 08, 1999 at 02:27:53PM -0700, Rodney W. Grimes wrote:
> >   I've just committed the revised TCP timer code.  There are some 
> > user visible changes:
> > 
> >   User visible TCP timers are now in units of the system clock
> >   (10ms for the i386), not those of the slowtimeout (500ms).  So
> >   if you have customized one of these values, (e.g.: net.inet.tcp.keepintvl),
> >   you'll need to multiply it appropriately to keep the same interval.
> > 
> >   Also, some new sysctls have been added:
> 
> I didn't think I would ever see this!!  Good job, hats off to you and
> assoctiates!
> 
> > 
> >              net.inet.tcp.delacktime: 20
> >                 Specifies the timeout for delayed acks (200ms).
> >              net.inet.tcp.slowstart_flightsize: 1
> >                 Specifies how many packets are included in the initial
> >                 slow-start flight.  Setting this value to 0 will probably
> >                 result in a non-working system.  Choosing a high value
> >                 would be considered antisocial.
> >              net.inet.tcp.local_slowstart_flightsize: 65535
> >                 Same as above, but only applies to slowstart on "local"
> >                 networks.  Note that the flightsize is constrained by
> >                 the receiver's advertised window size.
> 
> One question though, how is ``local'' defined?

The same way as it has been; in_localaddr().  Basically, if the
machine is on the same network, (or subnet, depending on the
net.inet.ip.subnets_are_local setting).
--
Jonathan


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