Re: 2.3.4x softnet watchdog and (isdn) demand dialing

[Alan Cox]

>     kuznet> queue instead of tail drop, otherwise some datagram
>     kuznet> services, which are not supposed to block in write(),
>     kuznet> could block for too long time. Probably, we should make
>     kuznet> this engine more clever than it is.
> 
> Something like: If conenction is not up after a few seconds, clear all queues
> and reset qdisc, but remain in dialing stage?

Things like IP over AX.25 cause similar effects. The IP stalls pending an
AX.25 connection completion. I think IRDA also is similar but not so slow