tcp.7: Document /proc file tcp_workaround_signed_windows (new in Linux 2.6.26)

Text taken from Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2008-11-21 14:43:37 -05:00
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@ -811,6 +811,12 @@ on a socket.
The default value is 128K bytes.
It is lowered to 64K
depending on the memory available in the system.
.TP
.IR tcp_workaround_signed_windows " (Boolean; default: disabled; since Linux 2.6.26)"
If enabled, assume that no receipt of a window-scaling option means that the
remote TCP is broken and treats the window as a signed quantity.
If disabled, assume that the remote TCP is not broken even if we do
not receive a window scaling option from it.
.SS Socket Options
To set or get a TCP socket option, call
.BR getsockopt (2)