Bug#272983: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686: TCP window scaling and broken router
On Thu, Sep 23, 2004 at 10:26:55AM +0200, Piotr Roszatycki wrote:
> Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-1-686
> Version: 2.6.8-3
> Severity: important
>
> Kernel 2.6.8 sets TCP window scaling to 7. It doesn't work with many broken
> routers including mine. It is possible to set
>
> net.ipv4.tcp_default_win_scale = 0
>
> in sysctl.conf, but I suggest to prepare the patch which restore old behaviour,
> analogical to ECN bit patch.
>
> See http://lwn.net/Articles/92727/
A patch to back this out temporarily has been in SVN for a few days.
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