Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: time for TCP ECN defaulting to on? | | From | Andi Kleen <> | | Date | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:33:53 +0100 | |
Dave Hudson <linux-kernel@blueteddy.net> writes:
>
> Not all of the routers in question (the ones that crash, block packets
> or otherwise misbehave) are provided by ISPs - in fact a huge number
> of them are and have been sold retail. Over time most of those boxes
> will get replaced with ones that don't have the problem because most
> (probably all major) SOHO router suppliers now test that they don't
> break with ECN so eventually there will be a point where enabling ECN
> by default will make a lot of sense (there will be too few broken
> routers to care about).
One option would be also to enable it by default for IPv6 only.
-Andi
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