From: Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 16:51:21 -0800
> Some of the really old stacks were embedded devices (like printers). > Rick, can you see if old HP printers work right? HP printers had a different TCP bug :-) The workaround for that is enabled by setting tcp_retrans_collapse to zero. If you resegment the queue during retransmits the old printer TCP stacks refuse to take the retransmitted data. The 16-bit signed window bug exists in some of the older DOS TCP stacks and I would not eliminate the possibility that some people use that code base in embedded applications. Actually, Alan Cox probably knows the details here better than me. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
