Re: IGMP join/leave time variability

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Thu, 26 Jul 2001 12:59:01 +0100 (BST)

> ASAP with respect to the user mode calls.
> 1. What would be the harm if I set IGMP_Initial_Report_Delay to something
> very small like 5 to 10 (jiffies)? No need for net_random() I'de expect in
> that case?

Read the IGMP RFC documents they discuss in detail the cases where time
delays and randomness are needed and important.
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