Re: 2.6-test10 and ECN

["Barry K. Nathan" <barryn pobox com>]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 08:12:46PM -0800, Nathan G. Grennan wrote:
[snip]
> Workarounds:
> 
> echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn
> 
> net.ipv4.tcp_ecn = 0   in /etc/sysctl.conf
> 
> Fix:
> 
> Recompile kernel without ECN support
> 
> 
> P.S. arjanv  Please Fix!

I'd argue that the /etc/sysctl.conf line is the real "fix", insofar as 
disabling ECN at all can be considered a "fix" and not a "workaround".
Then people have the option of editing /etc/sysctl.conf to re-enable
ECN, without having to recompile the kernel. 

(Mandrake has been doing this since one of their 8.x releases, BTW.)

-Barry K. Nathan <barryn pobox com>