Re: Very high bandwith packet based interface and performance problems

[Alan Cox]

> > TCP _requires_ the remote end ack every 2nd frame regardless of progress.
> 
> um, I thought the spec says that ACK every 2nd segment is a SHOULD not a
> MUST?

Yes its a SHOULD in RFC1122, but in any normal environment pretty much a 
must and I know of no stack significantly violating it.

RFC1122 also requires that your protocol stack SHOULD be able to leap tall
buldings at a single bound of course...