Subject: Re: 2.6.19-rc1: Volanomark slowdown
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: tim.c.chen@linux.intel.com
Cc: Olaf Kirch <okir@suse.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
       davem@sunset.davemloft.net, kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru,
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> However, Volanomark is just a benchmark to alert us to changes.  
> If in real applications with small segment, this patch is 
> needed to fix congestion window adjustment as Dave pointed 
> out, and impact on bandwidth not as important, so be it.
> 
> Tim

if we can get the best of both worlds (by having the extra acks drop on
congestion) it's of course nicer ;)

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