| To: | Paul MacKerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx> |
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| Subject: | Re: [PATCH, untested] Support for PPPOE on SMP |
| From: | Michal Ostrowski <mostrows@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
| Date: | 25 Jun 2003 18:56:45 -0400 |
| Cc: | Jamal Hadi <hadi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rusty Russell <rusty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, carlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
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On Wed, 2003-06-25 at 18:17, Paul Mackerras wrote: > James might be able to comment better than me on what will happen if > packets get reordered during the negotiation phase of a PPP > connection. I think the worst is that some packets will have to be > retransmitted and thus the negotiation will take several seconds > longer than it needs to. This is exactly what we're dealing with the current "bug"; the worst case effect is a delay. I don't think heroic measures are called for the sake of this PPPoE issue alone. -- Michal Ostrowski <mostrows@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> |
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