Updated BUGS text referring to jiffies.

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Michael Kerrisk 2007-07-08 15:09:24 +00:00
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@ -248,9 +248,8 @@ forwarding and proxy arp is enabled for the interface).
The neigh/* sysctls did not exist before Linux 2.2.
.SH BUGS
Some timer settings are specified in jiffies, which is architecture
related.
On the Alpha a jiffy is 1/1024 of a second, on most other
architectures it is 1/100s.
and kernel version dependent; see
.BR time (7).
There is no way to signal positive feedback from user space.
This means connection oriented protocols implemented in user space