From d4bf0241f416cf9619035d7b18437e636974afad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:58:42 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] tcp.7: Document /proc file tcp_tso_win_divisor (new in Linux 2.6.9) Text taken from Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/tcp.7 | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/man7/tcp.7 b/man7/tcp.7 index c23bf29e9..ee99b1fc4 100644 --- a/man7/tcp.7 +++ b/man7/tcp.7 @@ -712,6 +712,12 @@ corresponds to approximately 180 seconds. .\" Since 2.1.36 Enable RFC\ 1323 TCP timestamps. .TP +.IR tcp_tso_win_divisor "(integer; default: 3; since Linux 2.6.9)" +This parameter controls what percentage of the congestion window +can be consumed by a single TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO) frame. +The setting of this parameter is a tradeoff between burstiness and +building larger TSO frames. +.TP .IR tcp_tw_recycle " (Boolean; default: disabled; since Linux 2.4)" .\" Since 2.3.15 Enable fast recycling of TIME_WAIT sockets.