From owner-freebsd-current Thu Aug 8 9:14:19 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9165637B400 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 09:14:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from web21110.mail.yahoo.com (web21110.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.227.112]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2137443E4A for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2002 09:14:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hitmaster2k@yahoo.com) Message-ID: <20020808161416.33755.qmail@web21110.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [62.254.0.5] by web21110.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 08 Aug 2002 09:14:16 PDT Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 09:14:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Hiten Pandya Reply-To: hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [patch] Possible newreno fix, please test To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <20020807224520.U47882-200000@patrocles.silby.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG --- Mike Silbersack wrote: > If you are one of the people who have found that disabling newreno > increases performance on your network, please apply this patch and see if > newreno performance increases. > > The attached patch comes from an obscurely documented change applied to > OpenBSD back in 2000, originating from one of the people responsible for > the original BSD newreno implementation. As far as I can tell, it fixes > the handling of multiple fast retransmits, and inflates the window less > upon completion of fast recovery. I haven't done any actual testing > myself, but it sure looks like a step in the right direction. > > Please test if you had noticed newreno problems in the past. Just wondering, is this a problem with -STABLE relases as well? Please accept my apology if this was a stupid question. :) -- Hiten __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs http://www.hotjobs.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message