Date: Mon, 31 Dec 2001 22:16:01 -0800 From: David Greenman <dg@root.com> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD performing worse than Linux? Message-ID: <20011231221601.A54679@nexus.root.com> In-Reply-To: <200201010043.g010h0i36281@apollo.backplane.com>; from dillon@apollo.backplane.com on Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 04:43:00PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112311225150.94344-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> <200112312327.fBVNRt719835@whizzo.transsys.com> <200201010043.g010h0i36281@apollo.backplane.com>
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> Yes, you are correct. There is no real reason for ssh to set > TCP_NODELAY on FreeBSD and, in fact, I believe it didn't used to. > We should just turn it off. Nagle + delayed acks don't really get along all that well, and often result in character echoes lagging .25-.5 seconds behind the keystrokes (due to round trip + 200ms). This really makes editing files and other interactive jobs rather painful. -DG David Greenman Co-founder, The FreeBSD Project - http://www.freebsd.org President, TeraSolutions, Inc. - http://www.terasolutions.com President, Download Technologies, Inc. - http://www.downloadtech.com Pave the road of life with opportunities. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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