On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 05:24:50PM +0100, Benoît Dejean wrote: > Package: linux-image-2.6.14-1-powerpc > Version: 2.6.14-1 > Severity: normal > > Hi, > Linux < 2.6.14 used to have every TCP congestion algorithms as builtins but > NewReno + BIC was default. > > Linux 2.6.14 has splitted these features into modules. But default remains > NewReno + BIC accordint to CONFIG_TCP_CONG_ADVANCED help message : > > "Nearly all users can safely say no here, and a safe default selection will > be made (BIC-TCP with new Reno as a fallback)." > > And indeed NewReno+BIC is a good and safe default. Much better than NewReno > > But Debian .config has CONFIG_TCP_CONG_BIC=m (CONFIG_TCP_CONG_*=m) which > makes NewReno default. So this is like a "regression". I'd like debian kernel > to have CONFIG_TCP_CONG_BIC=y provided that one can easily switch to another > algorithm (using /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_congestion_control).
Hi Netdev, could someone please comment on what a good default congestion algorithm setup for distribution kernels is? Thanks -- Horms
