From: Peter Chubb <peter.chubb@nicta.com.au>
To: trivial@rustcorp.com.au
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: tcp_ecn is an integer not a boolean
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:49:08 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <w4wrlim4rf.wl%peter@chubb.wattle.id.au> (raw)
There was some confusion at LCA as to why the sysctl tcp_ecn took one
of three values when it was documented as a Boolean. This patch fixes
the documentation.
Signed-off-by: Peter Chubb <peter.chubb@nicta.com.au>
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index d99940d..ac3b4a7 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ tcp_cookie_size - INTEGER
tcp_dsack - BOOLEAN
Allows TCP to send "duplicate" SACKs.
-tcp_ecn - BOOLEAN
+tcp_ecn - INTEGER
Enable Explicit Congestion Notification (ECN) in TCP. ECN is only
used when both ends of the TCP flow support it. It is useful to
avoid losses due to congestion (when the bottleneck router supports
--
Dr Peter Chubb peter DOT chubb AT nicta.com.au
http://www.ertos.nicta.com.au ERTOS within National ICT Australia
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next reply other threads:[~2011-02-02 23:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-02 22:49 Peter Chubb [this message]
2011-02-02 23:40 ` David Miller
[not found] <w4vd12m4it.wl%peter@chubb.wattle.id.au>
2011-02-03 10:26 ` Jiri Kosina
2011-02-03 21:35 ` David Miller
2011-02-03 21:45 ` Jiri Kosina
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