Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 15:43:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>, <hawkeyd@visi.com>, <freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: ftp and mail much slower into fbsd 4.4 vs and old BSDi Message-ID: <20020701153724.Y24940-100000@zoot.corp.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <3D20D8DE.2D07022D@mindspring.com>
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On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Terry Lambert wrote:
> Doug Barton wrote:
> > > I guess you missed the part where I said that FreeBSD had bugs, and
> > > Matt Dillon posted patches?
> >
> > Nope. I think you missed the part where I said I was talking about
> > reality, not theory. :) The reality is, it's broken now, and in my
> > experience, turning it off makes the system "work better."
> >
> > I agree that it should be fixed in the long term, but it ain't gonna be me
> > that fixes it.
>
> Then use Dillon's patches, instead of just turning it off.
Dillon's patches were committed, by Dillon. :) My systems still work
better with newreno off than with it on.
> Your anecdotal experience with "works better" is just that -- anecdotal.
> It doesn't hold for the general case.
I never claimed otherwise. In fact, I specifically suggested that this
would be _one_ place to start testing.
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