Re: real kernel bloat

lilo (TaRDiS@mail.utexas.edu)
Thu, 27 Jun 1996 15:02:40 -0500 (CDT)


On Thu, 27 Jun 1996, Alan Cox wrote:

> When ping says 20% packet dropout you should be firing the network manager
> or whoever refused to buy better links ;) 2.0 should be better than 1.2, but
> above about 10% the error correction scheme used by a TCP (ack frames)
> really breaks down badly.

A lot of us on serial connectionss have days when quite a few of our
destinations see 20% or better packet dropout....

lilo