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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/networking')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/networking/phonet.txt | 67 |
3 files changed, 44 insertions, 50 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt b/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt index 77f0cdd..18afcd8 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/batman-adv.txt @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[state: 21-11-2010] +[state: 27-01-2011] BATMAN-ADV ---------- @@ -67,15 +67,16 @@ All mesh wide settings can be found in batman's own interface folder: # ls /sys/class/net/bat0/mesh/ -# aggregated_ogms bonding fragmentation orig_interval -# vis_mode +# aggregated_ogms gw_bandwidth hop_penalty +# bonding gw_mode orig_interval +# fragmentation gw_sel_class vis_mode There is a special folder for debugging informations: # ls /sys/kernel/debug/batman_adv/bat0/ -# originators socket transtable_global transtable_local -# vis_data +# gateways socket transtable_global vis_data +# originators softif_neigh transtable_local Some of the files contain all sort of status information regard- @@ -230,9 +231,8 @@ CONTACT Please send us comments, experiences, questions, anything :) IRC: #batman on irc.freenode.org -Mailing-list: b.a.t.m.a.n@b.a.t.m.a.n@lists.open-mesh.org - (optional subscription at - https://lists.open-mesh.org/mm/listinfo/b.a.t.m.a.n) +Mailing-list: b.a.t.m.a.n@open-mesh.org (optional subscription + at https://lists.open-mesh.org/mm/listinfo/b.a.t.m.a.n) You can also contact the Authors: diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt index ac3b4a7..d3d653a 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt @@ -280,6 +280,17 @@ tcp_max_orphans - INTEGER more aggressively. Let me to remind again: each orphan eats up to ~64K of unswappable memory. +tcp_max_ssthresh - INTEGER + Limited Slow-Start for TCP with large congestion windows (cwnd) defined in + RFC3742. Limited slow-start is a mechanism to limit growth of the cwnd + on the region where cwnd is larger than tcp_max_ssthresh. TCP increases cwnd + by at most tcp_max_ssthresh segments, and by at least tcp_max_ssthresh/2 + segments per RTT when the cwnd is above tcp_max_ssthresh. + If TCP connection increased cwnd to thousands (or tens of thousands) segments, + and thousands of packets were being dropped during slow-start, you can set + tcp_max_ssthresh to improve performance for new TCP connection. + Default: 0 (off) + tcp_max_syn_backlog - INTEGER Maximal number of remembered connection requests, which are still did not receive an acknowledgment from connecting client. diff --git a/Documentation/networking/phonet.txt b/Documentation/networking/phonet.txt index 24ad2ad..8100358 100644 --- a/Documentation/networking/phonet.txt +++ b/Documentation/networking/phonet.txt @@ -154,9 +154,28 @@ connections, one per accept()'d socket. write(cfd, msg, msglen); } -Connections are established between two endpoints by a "third party" -application. This means that both endpoints are passive; so connect() -is not possible. +Connections are traditionally established between two endpoints by a +"third party" application. This means that both endpoints are passive. + + +As of Linux kernel version 2.6.39, it is also possible to connect +two endpoints directly, using connect() on the active side. This is +intended to support the newer Nokia Wireless Modem API, as found in +e.g. the Nokia Slim Modem in the ST-Ericsson U8500 platform: + + struct sockaddr_spn spn; + int fd; + + fd = socket(PF_PHONET, SOCK_SEQPACKET, PN_PROTO_PIPE); + memset(&spn, 0, sizeof(spn)); + spn.spn_family = AF_PHONET; + spn.spn_obj = ...; + spn.spn_dev = ...; + spn.spn_resource = 0xD9; + connect(fd, (struct sockaddr *)&spn, sizeof(spn)); + /* normal I/O here ... */ + close(fd); + WARNING: When polling a connected pipe socket for writability, there is an @@ -181,45 +200,9 @@ The pipe protocol provides two socket options at the SOL_PNPIPE level: interface index of the network interface created by PNPIPE_ENCAP, or zero if encapsulation is off. - -Phonet Pipe-controller Implementation -------------------------------------- - -Phonet Pipe-controller is enabled by selecting the CONFIG_PHONET_PIPECTRLR Kconfig -option. It is useful when communicating with those Nokia Modems which do not -implement Pipe controller in them e.g. Nokia Slim Modem used in ST-Ericsson -U8500 platform. - -The implementation is based on the Data Connection Establishment Sequence -depicted in 'Nokia Wireless Modem API - Wireless_modem_user_guide.pdf' -document. - -It allows a phonet sequenced socket (host-pep) to initiate a Pipe connection -between itself and a remote pipe-end point (e.g. modem). - -The implementation adds socket options at SOL_PNPIPE level: - - PNPIPE_PIPE_HANDLE - It accepts an integer argument for setting value of pipe handle. - - PNPIPE_ENABLE accepts one integer value (int). If set to zero, the pipe - is disabled. If the value is non-zero, the pipe is enabled. If the pipe - is not (yet) connected, ENOTCONN is error is returned. - -The implementation also adds socket 'connect'. On calling the 'connect', pipe -will be created between the source socket and the destination, and the pipe -state will be set to PIPE_DISABLED. - -After a pipe has been created and enabled successfully, the Pipe data can be -exchanged between the host-pep and remote-pep (modem). - -User-space would typically follow below sequence with Pipe controller:- --socket --bind --setsockopt for PNPIPE_PIPE_HANDLE --connect --setsockopt for PNPIPE_ENCAP_IP --setsockopt for PNPIPE_ENABLE + PNPIPE_HANDLE is a read-only integer value. It contains the underlying + identifier ("pipe handle") of the pipe. This is only defined for + socket descriptors that are already connected or being connected. Authors |