RE: Kernel deadlock using nbd over acenic driver.

[chen, xiangping]

But ... It seems that there is no direct way to adjust the tcp max 
window size in Linux kernel.

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From: Alan Cox [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 12:48 PM
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Subject: Re: Kernel deadlock using nbd over acenic driver.

> Xiangping> So for gigabit Ethernet driver, what is the optimal mem
> Xiangping> configuration for performance and reliability?
> 
> It depends on your application, number of streams, general usage of
> the connection etc. There's no perfect-for-all magic number.

The primary constraints are

	TCP max window size
	TCP congestion window size (cwnd)
	Latency

Most of the good discussion on this matter can be found in the ietf
archives from the window scaling options work, and in part in the RFC's
that led to