On Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:32:32 -0500, "Perry E. Metzger"
<perry@piermont.com> wrote:

> 
> "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> writes:
> > Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.ltu.se> writes:
> >> I actually had to turn it on a year ago to be able to do a backup
> >> from a really old machine I have running, the problem revealed
> >> itself when large amounts of data were transferred, TCP_COMPAT_42
> >> solved the problem.
> >>
> >> I don't know if it's a common situation though, but it was nice to
> >> be able to get it working :-)
> >
> > Okay, that's a good enough reason to leave the thing.
> 
> BTW, since this need is pretty rare, would you object to having the
> option removed from GENERIC but the infrastructure left in place? It
> would reduce clutter a bit. The #define isn't really needed given that
> there is a sysctl.
> 
I have a very strong preference for sysctls over #ifdef -- please do make
that change.

		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb