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[linux-2.6.git] / Documentation / networking / ip-sysctl.txt

diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index f12007b..90ed781 100644 (file)
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -102,9 +102,15 @@ inet_peer_gc_maxtime - INTEGER
 TCP variables: 
 
 tcp_abc - INTEGER
-       Controls Appropriate Byte Count defined in RFC3465. If set to
-       0 then does congestion avoid once per ack. 1 is conservative
-       value, and 2 is more agressive.
+       Controls Appropriate Byte Count (ABC) defined in RFC3465.
+       ABC is a way of increasing congestion window (cwnd) more slowly
+       in response to partial acknowledgments.
+       Possible values are:
+               0 increase cwnd once per acknowledgment (no ABC)
+               1 increase cwnd once per acknowledgment of full sized segment
+               2 allow increase cwnd by two if acknowledgment is
+                 of two segments to compensate for delayed acknowledgments.
+       Default: 0 (off)
 
 tcp_syn_retries - INTEGER
        Number of times initial SYNs for an active TCP connection attempt
@@ -294,15 +300,15 @@ tcp_rmem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, default, max
        Default: 87380*2 bytes.
 
 tcp_mem - vector of 3 INTEGERs: min, pressure, max
-       low: below this number of pages TCP is not bothered about its
+       min: below this number of pages TCP is not bothered about its
        memory appetite.
 
        pressure: when amount of memory allocated by TCP exceeds this number
        of pages, TCP moderates its memory consumption and enters memory
        pressure mode, which is exited when memory consumption falls
-       under "low".
+       under "min".
 
-       high: number of pages allowed for queueing by all TCP sockets.
+       max: number of pages allowed for queueing by all TCP sockets.
 
        Defaults are calculated at boot time from amount of available
        memory.
@@ -362,6 +368,13 @@ tcp_workaround_signed_windows - BOOLEAN
        not receive a window scaling option from them.
        Default: 0
 
+tcp_slow_start_after_idle - BOOLEAN
+       If set, provide RFC2861 behavior and time out the congestion
+       window after an idle period.  An idle period is defined at
+       the current RTO.  If unset, the congestion window will not
+       be timed out after an idle period.
+       Default: 1
+
 IP Variables:
 
 ip_local_port_range - 2 INTEGERS