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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-06-19 18:55:56 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org> | 2006-06-19 18:55:56 -0700 |
| commit | d0b952a9837f81cd89e756b1b34293fa6e1cb59d (patch) | |
| tree | fbe488bc5f407afa0e91cefb262d9e9ee69062ac /Documentation/networking | |
| parent | d90125bfe958ed0451c6b98f831c86aba08b43d5 (diff) | |
| parent | 47552c4e555eefe381f3d45140b59a2ea4b16486 (diff) | |
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Merge master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6
* master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (109 commits)
[ETHTOOL]: Fix UFO typo
[SCTP]: Fix persistent slowdown in sctp when a gap ack consumes rx buffer.
[SCTP]: Send only 1 window update SACK per message.
[SCTP]: Don't do CRC32C checksum over loopback.
[SCTP] Reset rtt_in_progress for the chunk when processing its sack.
[SCTP]: Reject sctp packets with broadcast addresses.
[SCTP]: Limit association max_retrans setting in setsockopt.
[PFKEYV2]: Fix inconsistent typing in struct sadb_x_kmprivate.
[IPV6]: Sum real space for RTAs.
[IRDA]: Use put_unaligned() in irlmp_do_discovery().
[BRIDGE]: Add support for NETIF_F_HW_CSUM devices
[NET]: Add NETIF_F_GEN_CSUM and NETIF_F_ALL_CSUM
[TG3]: Convert to non-LLTX
[TG3]: Remove unnecessary tx_lock
[TCP]: Add tcp_slow_start_after_idle sysctl.
[BNX2]: Update version and reldate
[BNX2]: Use CPU native page size
[BNX2]: Use compressed firmware
[BNX2]: Add firmware decompression
[BNX2]: Allow WoL settings on new 5708 chips
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Manual fixup for conflict in drivers/net/tulip/winbond-840.c
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt | 8 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index f12007b80a46..d46338af6002 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -362,6 +362,13 @@ tcp_workaround_signed_windows - BOOLEAN not receive a window scaling option from them. Default: 0 +tcp_slow_start_after_idle - BOOLEAN + If set, provide RFC2861 behavior and time out the congestion + window after an idle period. An idle period is defined at + the current RTO. If unset, the congestion window will not + be timed out after an idle period. + Default: 1 + IP Variables: ip_local_port_range - 2 INTEGERS diff --git a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt index 3c0a5ba614d7..847cedb238f6 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/netdevices.txt @@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ dev->get_stats: Context: nominally process, but don't sleep inside an rwlock dev->hard_start_xmit: - Synchronization: dev->xmit_lock spinlock. + Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock. When the driver sets NETIF_F_LLTX in dev->features this will be - called without holding xmit_lock. In this case the driver + called without holding netif_tx_lock. In this case the driver has to lock by itself when needed. It is recommended to use a try lock for this and return -1 when the spin lock fails. The locking there should also properly protect against @@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ dev->hard_start_xmit: Only valid when NETIF_F_LLTX is set. dev->tx_timeout: - Synchronization: dev->xmit_lock spinlock. + Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock. Context: BHs disabled Notes: netif_queue_stopped() is guaranteed true dev->set_multicast_list: - Synchronization: dev->xmit_lock spinlock. + Synchronization: netif_tx_lock spinlock. Context: BHs disabled dev->poll: |