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    SubjectRe: MTU and 2.4.x kernel
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    :-> "kuznet" == kuznet <kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru> writes:

    >> Over a radio link where
    >> error rate causes exponential increases in probability of packet loss as

    > Another myth. All they do error correction and have so high latency,
    > that _increasing_ mtu only helps. And helps a lot.

    Please don't break existing implementations. Some old hardware used in
    the amateur radio world doesn't even accept an mtu longer than 256(*),
    and the resulting packets will be silently chopped at the end.
    If you want to drop mtu lower than 512, please at least add a
    CONFIG_I_NEED_A_GODDAMN_SMALL_MTU as an option.

    Pf

    (*) Kantronics TNCs are an example.




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