Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: time for TCP ECN defaulting to on? | From | Andi Kleen <> | Date | Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:33:53 +0100 |
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Dave Hudson <linux-kernel@blueteddy.net> writes: > > Not all of the routers in question (the ones that crash, block packets > or otherwise misbehave) are provided by ISPs - in fact a huge number > of them are and have been sold retail. Over time most of those boxes > will get replaced with ones that don't have the problem because most > (probably all major) SOHO router suppliers now test that they don't > break with ECN so eventually there will be a point where enabling ECN > by default will make a lot of sense (there will be too few broken > routers to care about).
One option would be also to enable it by default for IPv6 only.
-Andi
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