Messages in this thread |  | | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: Minor bug in PPP driver | Date | Fri, 17 May 1996 17:03:19 +0100 (BST) |
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> I've found a minor bug in the ppp driver. The value of tx_queue_len was > set to 0. The problem is that the current networking code > will just drop a packet on the floor if there is no "room" in the > device queue when it tries to put it into the queue. Since the queue > is just a linked list I didn't see any problems with making the value > of tx_queue_len non-zero. [This is the case in pretty much all the > other networking drivers.] In any case this improves the full bore > TCP speed across my PPP link by about 10%.
Oops thats mine not Al Longyears. Will apply tonight
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