Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 22:27:10 +0200
From: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <hagen@jauu.net>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] tcp: Expose the initial RTO via a new sysctl.
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* David Miller | 2011-05-18 16:23:06 [-0400]:

>Then this gets back to the fact that this is a network
>attribute and thus more suitable as a route metric not
>a global system-wide sysctl.

Yes, in an Email response to Eric I mentioned this already. The initial RTO is
a perfect candidate for route metric. I waiting for a patch to test it! ;-)

Hagen
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