From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 5 20:45: 0 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from w2xo.pgh.pa.us (18.gibs5.xdsl.nauticom.net [209.195.184.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5617937B503 for ; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 20:44:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from there (xolaptop.int [192.168.5.9] (may be forged)) by w2xo.pgh.pa.us (8.11.6/8.11.3) with SMTP id fB64inc01015; Wed, 5 Dec 2001 23:44:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us) Message-Id: <200112060444.fB64inc01015@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Jim Durham To: Leo Bicknell , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can TCP changes be put in RELENG_4? Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 23:44:40 -0500 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3] References: <200112050034.fB50Y2W35371@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> <20011205131903.A32485@ussenterprise.ufp.org> In-Reply-To: <20011205131903.A32485@ussenterprise.ufp.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wednesday 05 December 2001 01:19 pm, Leo Bicknell wrote: > On Tue, Dec 04, 2001 at 11:48:52AM -0500, Jim Durham wrote: > > I know that only security fixes are supposed to go in RELENG_4, but > > the recent changes in the TCP stuff seem important enough that > > perhaps they could be put in RELENG_4 for those of us who run > > productions servers on -RELEASE ? > > After reading the replies a bit, I'm going to suggest some middle > ground. > > I think the changes should sit in stable for "a while", and while > they are there we should make notes of it in a few different places > and have people beat up on the changes with various tests. > > I think this is very good stuff, and that most of the people > tracking RELENG4_4 would want it, but only if it is 210% fully > tested and helps out 99.999% of all people. So let's verify > both of those and then revisit the issue. Well, sounds fine to me, especially if 4.5 is so close. Incidentally, I applied the patches to 4.4-RELEASE on my 'test' box and my laptop. I tried an FTP transfer between the two that previously did 500kB/sec and it is now 954kB/sec. Mucho better. -- Jim Durham To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message