On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 11:06:18PM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote: > Phil Sutter <p...@nwl.cc> wrote: [...] > > +config DEFAULT_TX_QUEUE_LEN > > + prompt "Default TX queue length (in packets)" if EXPERT > > + int > > + default 1000 # Ethernet wants good queues > > + help > > + Set the default value of tx_queue_len for newly created network > > + interfaces. It is used by queueing disciplines to determine how many > > + packets to keep in backlog before starting to drop new ones. > > + > > + The default value of 1000 packets is there for a very long time and > > + in combination with GSO way too big. > > + > > I can't see how this could be used in a meaningful way. > > No distro is going to touch this. > > I don't think sysctl value would help either.
I just didn't want to introduce yet another magic value assignment. It's merely a #define with a little flexibility and a subtle note that the default should be changed attached. Cheers, Phil -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
