Re: Fix for SLOW PPP Bug

Kayvan Sylvan (kayvan@sylvan.com)
Mon, 8 Apr 96 08:16 PDT


>>>>> "Linus" == Linus Torvalds <torvalds@cs.helsinki.fi> writes:

Linus> Could you check if this more minimal patch does the same thing?
Linus> (against a clean 1.3.84)

Yes, it does.

It works great!

The get speed seems to be slightly improved for transfers as well.

Kernel | 1.3.84 unpatched | 1.3.84 (tcp.c) | 1.3.84 (tcp.h patch)
=================================================================
Get from ISP | 2.3KB/sec | 2.5KB/sec | 2.7KB/sec
Put to ISP | 2.9KB/sec | 3.8KB/sec | 3.7KB/sec

---Kayvan

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